Antherospora urgineae (Maire) Bauer, Lutz, Begerow ao, 2008on Drimia
gall
on Drimia
gall
The flower buds are disfigured and remain closed for a long time; inside the anthers and ovary are transformed into a blackish brown powdery mass of spores. Spores yellowish brown, 7-12 x 10-15 µm, densely verruculose.
hostplants
Asparagaceae, monophagous
Drimia maritima (= Urginea m).
synonyms
Ustilago urgineae Maire, 1931.
references
Bauer, Lutz, Begerow ao (2008a), Săvulescu & Rayss (1935a).