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).