Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

Alternaria penicillata

Alternaria penicillata (Corda) Woudenberg & Crous, 2013

on Papaver, etc.

parasite

Leaf spots with caespituli en ascomata. Conidia solitary or in chains, 5-9 x 10-70 µµ, 3(-7)-septate. Asci 7-12 x 100-120 µm, spores 6-9 x 20-25 µm, partly 3 transversal and 1 longitudinal septum.

host plants

Papaveraceae, oligophagous

Glaucium; Papaver.

synonyms

Dendryphion penicillatum (Corda) Fries, 1846; Pleospora papaveracea (de Notaris) Saccardo, 1883.

references

Brandenburger (1985a: 173).

Last modified 14.ix.2022