Erysiphe aquilegiae var. ranunculi (Greville) Zhang & Chen, 1981
on Ranunculaceae (Apocynaceae)

Ranunculus repens, Amsterdam-West, Lange Bretten

cleistothecium, with appendages

Ranunculus acris,Nieuwendam: appendages

conidia

conidiophore


appressoria

Ranunculus spec., Belgium, prov. Limbourg, Ham, de Rammelaars © Carina Van Steenwinkel
gall
mycelium white, floury, amphigenous. Conidia solitary, without fibrosin bodies. Cleistothecia with 3-8 asci, that contain 3-5 spores. The appendages of the cleistothecium are mycelioid, unbranched, and 0.5 – 4 times its diameter.
host plants
Ranunculaceae, almost monophagous
Aconitum x cammarum, degenii, firmum, fischeri, lasiocarpum, lasiostomum, lycoctonum & subsp. neapolitanum + septentrionale + vulparia, napellus subsp. lusitanicum + vulgare, moldavicum, plicatum, tauricum, toxicum, variegatum; Actaea europaea; Adonis aestivalis, vernalis; Anemonastrum narcissiflorum; Anemone coronaria, hupehensis, nemorosa, ranunculoides, sylvestris; Anemonidium dichotomum; Caltha palustris; Clematis addisonii, alpina, campanuliflora, chinensis, crispa, flammula, forsteri, fusca, glauca, hexapetala, integrifolia, jackmanii, jubata, lanuginosa, lathyrifolia, montana, orientalis, paniculata, pitcheri, recta, tangutica, texensis, viorna, viticella; Consolida ajacis, hispanica, regalis; Coptidium lapponicum; Coptis; Delphinium albocoeruleum, barbatum, bicolor, bulleyanum, californicum, carolinianum, cashmerianum, caucasicum, corymbosum, cuneatum, dasystachyum, delavayi, denudatum, elatum, exaltatum, fissum, flexuosum, foetidum, formosum, glabellum, grandiflorum, laxiflorum, maackianu, middendorffii, nudicaule, oxysepalum, palmatum, retropilosum, scopulorum, speciosum, szowitsianum, tatsienense, triste, trolliifolium; Halerpestes cymbalaria; Isopyrum thalictroides; Nigella arvensis, damascen; Pulsatilla patens; Ranunculus abortivus, acris & subsp. friesianus, aduncus, alpestris, arvensis, asiaticus, auricomus, borealis, breyninus, bulbosus & subsp. aleae, bullatus, calandrinioides, carpaticus, cassubicus, caucasicus, chius, cordiger, elegans, fallax, flammula, gramineus, grandiflorus, japonicus, lanuginosus, lingua, lourteigiae, marginatus, millefoliatus, monspeliacus, montanus, muricatus, neapolitanus, nivalis, ophioglossifolius, parviflorus, polyanthemos & subsp. nemorosus + serpens + thomasii, psilostachys, repens, reptans, sardous, sceleratus, serbicus, sericeus, strigulosus, thora, velutinus, villosus subsp. constantinopolitanus; Thalictrum alpicolum, aquilegiifolium, calabricum, delavayi, flavum, foetidum, lucidum, minus & subsp. saxatile, odoratum, petaloideum, peucedanifolium, pubescens, purpurascens, rochebrunnianum, simplex & subsp. galioides, speciosissimmum, speciosum; Staphisagria picta subsp. requienii; Staphisagria macrosperma; Trollius europaeus.
But also: Catharanthus roseus (Apocynaceae).
synonyms
Erysiphe ranunculi Greville, 1824; E. nitida (Wallroth) Rabenhorst, 1844.
references
Bahçecioğlu, Kabaktepe & Yildiz (2006a), Bahçecioğlu & Yildiz (2005a), Blumer (1946a, 1967a), Brandenburger (1972a, 1985a), Braun (1995a), Braun & Cook (2012a), Bresinsky (2016a), Czerniawska (2001a), Czerniawska, Madej, Adamska ao (2000a), Doppelbaur & Doppelbaur (1973a), Dynowska, Fiedorowicz & Kubiak (1999a), Ellis & Ellis (1997a), Hafellner (1980a), Jage, Klenke, Kruse ao (2016a), Jage, Klenke & Kummer (2010a), Jage, Kruse, Kummer ao (2013a), Jage, Scholler & Klenke (2010a), Klenke & Scholler (1995a), Kozłowska, Mułenko & Heluta (2015a), Kruse (2014a, 2019a), Kruse & Jage (2014a), Kruse, Thiel, Frauenberger ao (2019a), Kruse, Thiel, Rätzel, ao (2020a), Leysen (2017a), Mułenko, Sałata & Wołczańska (1995a), Negrean & Denchev (2004a), Piątek (2004a), Ruszkiewicz-Michalska (2006a), Ruszkiewicz-Michalska & Michalski (2005a), Scheuer & Bechter (2012a), Scholler, Reinhard & Schubert (1996a), Scholler & Schubert (1993a), Świderska, Wołczańska, Kozłowska ao (2005a).