Melanotaenium antirrhini Viennot-Bourgin, 1990
Fungi, Basidiomycota, Ustilaginomycetes, Ustilaginales
on Antirrhinum
gall
lead-coloured to black pustules, mainly on the basal part of the stem but also higher on the plant, also the leaves. Upon rupturing they release a black, agglutinated mass of spores. Spores dark reddish brown, thick-walled, smooth, 12-20 µm.
hostplants
Plantaginaceae, monophagous
Antirrhinum latifolium.
references
Vánky (1990a, 1994a).
19/10/2016