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