Leveillula allii Zhao & Jia, 1986

Fungi, Ascomycota, Leotiomycetes, Erysiphales, Erysiphaceae

on Allium

gall

mycelium white, generally dense, amphigenous; partly internal. Conidiophores emerge through the stomata, septate. The first conidium formed is lanceolate, with the largest width ± halfway; later ones are oblong-elliptic. Cleistothecia rare; they contain up to 25 asci, that have two spores. Appendages few, shorter than the diameter, mycelioid.

hostplants

Amaryllidaceae, monophagous:

Allium ampeloprasum, cepa, sativum.

references

Braun & Cook (2012a), Klenke & Scholler (2015a).

08/03/2017