Erysiphe trifoliorum (Wallroth) Braun, 2010
on Fabaceae

Trifolium pratense (+ a mine Parectopa ononidis), Lauwersoog © Gerrit Tuinstra: for a plant a misfortune rarely occurs by itself

Melilotus alba, Nieuwendam: cleistothecium
Melilotus officinalis, Dronten, Roggebotbos © Hans Jonkman
detail
mature cleistothecium
appendage (base)
gall
mycelium amphigenous, often occupying the entire leaf. Appressoria weakly lobed to multilobed, solitary or in opposite pairs. Conidia formed solitary, elliptic, without fibrosin bodies. Cleistothecia somewhat depressed, with 3-12 asci, containing 2-5 spores. Appendages 10-25, inserted on the equator, generally 2-6 x the diameter; they are 1-6 septate, the bases are stiff, horizontally extending, the later part is mycelioid; the tips are simple, sometimes forked.
host plants
Fabaceae, oligophagous
Acacia acinacea; Albizia; Amorpha fruticosa, glabra; Anthyllis montana, vulneraria & subsp. iberica + lapponica + maritima; Arachis; Bituminaria bituminosa; Colutea arborescens; Coronilla scorpioides, valentina; Cytisus austriacus, decumbens, hirsutus & subsp. polytrichus, purpureus, ruthenicus, scoparius, supinus; Dorycnium pentaphyllum subsp. herbaceum; Genista germanica, januensis, lydia, pilosa, radiata, sagittalis, tinctoria; Glycyrrhiza echinata; Halimodendron halodendron; Hippocrepis comosa, emerus; Lathyrus aphaca, hallersteinii, heterophyllus, hirsutus, japonicus, latifolius, laxiflorus, linifolius, magellanicus, niger, nissolia, ochrus, odoratus, palustris, pisiformis, pratensis, rotundifolius, sativus, sphaericus, sylvestris, tingitanus, tuberosus, vernus; Lembotropis nigricans; Lens culinaris; Lotus corniculatus, maritimus, pedunculatus, tetragonolobus; Melilotus albus, altissimus, dentatus, indicus, infestus, italicus, messanensis, officinalis, sulcatus, wolgicus; Onobrychis aequidentata, arenaria & subsp. miniata + lasiostachya + sibirica, caput-galli, montana, petraea, saxatilis, viciifolia; ? Ononis aragonensis; Paraserianthes lophantha; Piptanthus nepalensis; Scorpiurus muricatus; Securigera cretica, elegans, securidaca, varia; Thermopsis montana; Trifolium alexandrinum, alpestre, alpinum, ambiguum, arvense, aureum, badium, boissieri, campestre, canescens, diffusum, dubium, echinatum, fragiferum & subsp. bonannii, heldreichianum, hirtum, hybridum & subsp. elegans, incarnatum & subsp. molinerii, lupinaster, medium & subsp. balcanicum, micranthum, montanum, ochroleucon, pallidum, pannonicum, patens, pratense, purpureum, repens, rubens, spadiceum, stellatum, striatum, subterraneum, trichocephalum; Trigonella bicolor, caerulea, calliceras, coerulescens, cretica, foenum-graecum, gladiata, procumbens; Vicia cracca; Wisteria sinensis.
synonyms
Erysiphe martii Léveillé, 1851; Microsphaera trifolii (Gréville) Braun, 1981.
references
Ale-Agha, Boyle, Braun ao (2008a), Blumer (1946a, 1967a), Brandenburger (1972a), Braun (1995a), Braun & Cook (2012a), Braun, Kruse, Wolcan & Murace (2010a), Bresinsky (2016a), Czerniawska (2001a), Dietrich (2013a), Dynowska, Fiedorowicz & Kubiak (1999a), Dietrich (2016b), Doppelbaur & Doppelbaur (1973a), Fraiture & Vanderweyen (2009a), Gönczö & Révay (1981a), Jage, Kruse, Kummer ao (2013a), Jage, Klenke, Kruse ao (2016a), Jage, Klenke & Kummer (2010a), Jage, Scholler & Klenke (2010a), Klenke & Scholler (2015a), Kruse, Thiel, Rätzel, ao (2020a), Korytnianska & Popova (2012a), Kozłowska, Mułenko & Heluta (2015a), Kruse (1914), Kruse & Jage (2014a), Leysen (2017a), Mayor (1967a), Mułenko, Sałata & Wołczańska (1995a), Negrean & Denchev (2000a), Piątek (2004a), Ruszkiewicz-Michalska (2006a), Ruszkiewicz-Michalska & Michalski (2005a), Scheuer & Bechter (2012a), Scholler & Schubert (1993a), Sucharzewska, Dynowska, Kubiak ao (2012b), Tóth (1994a), Unamuno (1942a).