Melanustilospora arisari (Peglion) Denchev, 2003

Fungi, Basidiomycota, Ustilaginomycetes, Urocystidales

on Arisarum

gall

black, roundish, up to one cm wide leaf spots. Spores embedded in the host tissue, dark reddish brown, 18-26 µm; wall thick, smooth.

hostplants

Araraceae, monophagous

Arisarum proboscideum.

synonyms

Melanotaenium arisari (Peglion) Ciferri, 1924.

references

Vanky (1994a).

16/03/2014