Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

Synchytrium myosotidis

Synchytrium myosotidis Kühn, 1868

on Boraginaceae

gall

leaves, sometimes even the petals, with numerous, up to a quarter of a mm large vesicles, with colours running form yellow over crimson to almost black. Each gall consists of a single enlarged cell.

hostplants

Boraginaceae, oligophagous

Buglossoides arvensis; Lappula squarrosa; Lithospermum officinale; Myosotis scorpioides, stricta, sylvatica; Rochelia disperma subsp. retorta.

synonyms

see Synchytrium potentillae.

references

Brandenburger (1985a), Buhr (1964b, 1965a), Karling (1964a), Klenke & Scholler (2015a), Redfern & Shirley (2011a).

09/01/2016

Last modified 17.vii.2017