Spilopodia nervisequa (Persoon) Boudier, 1907

on Plantago

Plantago lanceolata, Belgium, prov. Limbourg, Hechtel-Eksel, Begijnenvijvers, 26.i.2021 © Carina Van Steenwinkel

apothecia young light grey, later dark grey

aci

spores 4-5 x 10.5-15.5 µm

Plantago lanceolata, Belgium, prov. Antwerp, Laakdal, de Roost, 31.i.2020 © Carina Van Steenwinkel

detail

the network of hyphae strands.

Plantago lanceolata, Belgium, prov. Antwerp, Geel, Wilders, 15.v.2020 © Carina Van Steenwinkel: apothecia

section through the edge of an apothecium

ascus

ascospore; the measurements were 4-5 x 10-13 µm

Plantago major, Belgium, prov. Limbourg, Kwaadmechelen, 17.xi.2021 © Carina Van Steenwinkel

gall

relatively thick, black strands of hyphae run parallel to the venation over the leaf; here and there they bear a greyish brown apothecium of 0.5-1 mm diameter.

host plants

Plantaginaceae, monophagous

Plantago lanceolata.

Rarely on P. major.

synonyms

Pyrenopeziza nervisequa (Persoon) Saccardo, 1889.

references

Buhr (1975a), Dennis (1978a), Ellis & Ellis (1997a), Kruse (2019a).