Leveillula linariae (Jaczewski) Braun 2012
Fungi, Ascomycota, Leotiomycetes, Erysiphales, Erysiphaceae
on Kickxia, Linaria
gall
mycelium internal and external; the external mycelium is dense, white or grey, persistent. Conidiophores thin, hair-like, erect. The first conidium formed is narrow-lanceolate; later ones are oblong-elliptic. Cleistothecia contain many asci, that have two spores. Appendages numerous, sub-equatorial, shorter than the diameter; they are mycelioid, simple, hyaline or pale brown, generally aseptate.
hostplants
Plantaginacae, oligophagous
Kickxia scoparia; Linaria angustissima, corifolia, genistifolia & subsp. dalmatica, odora, vulgaris.
synonyms
Leveillula scrophulariacearum f. linariae (Jaczewski) Golovin, 1956.
references
Braun & Cook (2012a), Klenke & Scholler (2015a), Negrean (1996a).
10/12/2015