Urocystis agropyri-campestris (Massenot) Zogg, 1958

Fungi, Basidiomycota, Ustilaginomycetes, Urocystidales

on Elymus

gall

Elongate striae between the nerves of the leaf. The brownish black spore balls that are released here consist of 1-4 spores, (almost) completely wrapped in a layer of smaller sterile cells.

hostplants

Poaceae, narrowly monophagous

Elytrigia atherica, campestris, pungens.

references

Almaraz (1998a), Klenke & Scholler (2015a), Redfern & Shirley (2011a), Spooner & Leon (2006a), Vánky (1994a).

02/12/2016