Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

Erysiphe akebiae

Erysiphe akebiae (Sawada) Braun & Takamatsu, 2000

on Akebia

gall

mycelium white, amphigenous, sometimes causing a purplish discolouration. Conidia solitary, elliptic, without fibrosin bodies. Cleistothecia with 3-17 asci, that contain 5-8 spores.Appendages 4-8, attached to the equator, stiff, unbranched, 1-5 times the diameter, with 0-1 sept. At the very tip they are repeatedly forked.

host plants

Lardizabalaceae, monophagous

Akebia quinata, trifoliata.

references

Beenken & Senn-Irlet (2016a), Braun & Cook (2012a), Klenke & Scholler (1995a), Kruse, Thiel, Klenke, ao (2022a), Kruse, Thiel, Rätzel, ao (2020a).

Last modified 6.iv.2023