Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

Phyllosticta magnoliae

Phyllosticta magnoliae Saccardo, 1878

on Magnolia

parasite

Causes pale, roundish, ill-delimited leaf spots, mostly visible from above. Pycnidia scarce, brownish. Conidia 3-5 x 5-10 µm.

host plants

Magnoliaceae, monophagous

Magnolia grandiflora.

references

Brandenburger (1985a: 129), Grove (1935a), Nadal i Puigdefabregas & Moret i Benaset (1984a).

Last modified 9.ix.2022