Ramularia rufibasis (Berkeley & Broome) Gunnerbeck & Constantinescu, 1991

on Morella, Myrica

Myrica gale, Belgium, prov. Limburg, Neerpelt, ‘t Hageven, 4.viii.2018 © Carina Van Steenwinkel

same leaf, underside

colonies

the conidiphores are grouped in a dense bundle

conidiophores and conidia

conidiophores and conidia

conidia

parasite

Colonies on the leaves and on the shoots; conidiophores on compact bundels,
on the leaves mostly narrower and higher than on the shoots. Conidia 5-15 x 10-30 µm, aseptate.

host plants

Myricaceae, oligophagous

Morella faya; Myrica gale.

synonyms

Ovularia destructiva (Phillips & Plowright) Massee 1893; Ramularia destructiva Phillips & Plowright, 1877; Phacellium rufibasis (Berkeley & Broome) Braun, 1992.

references

Brandenburger (1985a: 34), Braun (1998a), Chater, Woods, Stringer, ao (2021a), Ellis & Ellis (1997a).