Pleiochaeta setosa (Kirchner) Hughes, 1951

lupin leaf spot, pleiochaeta root rot

on Lupinus, etc.

parasite

Leaf spots with caespituli; also elsewhere on the plant, particularly the roots. Conidia elliptic, 14-22 x 60-90 µm, ± 5-septate, brown, except the apical cell that is hyaline and bears ± 3, simple, ≤ 100 µm appendages.

host plants

Fabaceae, oligophagous

Cytisus; Genista; Laburnum; Lupinus.

references

Brandenburger (1985a: 256), Scheuer & Bechter (2012a).