Urocystis beckmanniae Brezhnev, 1964

on Beckmannia

gall

striae between the veins on leaves and leaf sheaths; when the epidermis ruptures a blackish brown mass of spore balls is released. The spore balls consist of 1-2 spores surrounded by an incomplete mantle of smaller sterile cells.

hostplants

Poaceae, monophagous

Beckmannia eruciformis.

references

Lotze-Engelhard (2010a), Vánky (1994a).