Synchytrium solstitiale Widmer, 2004

Fungi, Chytridiomycota, Chytridiomycetes, Chytridiales

on Centaurea

gall

numerous orange red warts, op to 0.2 mm in size, on the leaves that often are more or less distorted. In a later resting stage the warts are grey.

hostplants

Asteraceae, monophagous (?)

Centaurea solstitialis.

Under laboratory conditions several other Asteraceae could be infected by this fungus, including Carthamus tinctorius and Helianthus annuus.

references

Eskandari, Bruckart, III & Widmer (2011a), Widmer (2004a).

17/01/2014