Physoderma pulposum Wallroth, 1833
on Aegopodium, Amaranthaceae
Chenopodium spec., Belgium, prov. Limbourg, Maasmechelen, Maesbeempder Greend, 20.viii.2019 © Carina Van Steenwinkel
superficial warts, and swellings
tiny warts
strongly magnified
transverse section
tumors
transverse section
sporangia
sporangia under a different illumination, exposing associated structures
sporangia
sporangia
gall
irregular pustules on the leaves, 1-2 mm large, initially hyaline, then greenish and finally brown; on all parts of the plant; aso the plant shows characteristic tumors.
host plants
Amaranthaceae, (Apiaceae), polyphagous
Aegopodium podagraria; Atriplex calotheca, littoralis, patula, prostrata; Chenopodiastrum murale; Chenopodium chenopodioides, glaucum, rubrum, urbicum; Dysphania botrys.
On Aegopodium relatively rare (Klenke & Scholler).
synonyms
Urophlyctis pulposa (Wallroth) Schröter, 1886.
references
Brandenburger (1985a: 115), Buhr (1964b), Fischer (1892a), Klenke & Scholler (2015a), Lingappa (1959a,b), Redfern & Shirley (2011a), Roskam (2009a, 2019a), Tomasi (2014a).