Tilletia vulpiae Magnus, 1899
on Vulpia

Vulpia myuros, from Unamuno (1941b)
gall
all ovaries are enlarged and malformed, dark reddish brown. The spores are roundish-oval, their surface is reticulate; when fresh the spore mass stinks like old herring.
host plants
Poaceae, oligophagous
Micropyrum tenellum; Vulpia bromoides, ciliata, myuros.
synonyms
Tilletia fusca Ellis & Everhart, 1887,described from North America and equally living on Vulpia probably is not the same species as vulpiae, that was described from Europe.
references
Beltran Tejera (1976a), Klenke & Scholler (2015a), Savchenko & Heluta (2012a), Unamuno (1941b).
Last modified 7.xi.2021