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