Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

Leveillula braunii

Leveillula braunii Simonyan & Heluta, 1987

on Apiaceae

gall

mycelium white, generally dense-felty, amphigenous; partly internal. Conidiophores emerge through the stomata, septate. Conidia solitary, without fibrosin bodies; the firstly formed conidia are lanceolate with a narrowed tip; the later formed conidia are oblong-elliptic. Cleistothecia rare; they contain many asci, that have two spores. Appendages usually numerous, attached below the equator, shorter than the diameter; they are mycelioid, branched sometimes near the base, another time higher up.

host plants

Apiaceae, oligophagous:

Anethum graveolens; Angelica decurrens; Daucus carota & subsp. maximus;
? Distichoselinum tenuifolium; Eryngium billardierei, creticum, falcatum, glomeratum; Heracleum; Pimpinella anisum, aurea; Prangos; Silaum silaus.

references

Braun & Cook (2012a), Klenke & Scholler (2015a), Leysen (2017a).

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