Erysiphe pyrenaica (Viennot-Bourgin) Braun & Takamatsu, 2000

Fungi, Ascomycota, Leotiomycetes, Erysiphales, Erysiphaceae

on Quercus

gall

mycelium on the leaves. Conidia formed one by one, without fibrosin bodies, elliptic. Foot-cell of conidiophore narrowed at the base. Cleistothecia 95-115 µm, with 3-5 asci, containing 2-5 spores. Appendages 9-12, equatorial, about as long as the diameter; they are stiff, unbranched, hyaline, mostly aseptate, thickened towards the tip; apices circinate.

hostplants

Fagaceae, monophagous

Quercus ilex.

synonyms

Uncinula pyrenaica Viennot-Bourgin, 1968.

notes

Poorly known species.

references

Brandenburger (1985a: 63), Braun (1995a), Braun & Cook (2012a).

02/04/2017