Leveillula ricini (Speshnew) Braun, 2012

on Ricinus

gall

mycelium hypophyllous, white, tomentose, peristent. Conidiophores long, thin. Conidia formed one by one. The first conidium formed is slender-lanceolate, later ones are elliptic to cylindric. Cleistothecia contain 17-25 asci, that have two spores. Appendage poorly developed, sub-equatorial, shorter than the diameter; they are mycelioid, aseptate, hyaline, generally unbranched.

hostplants

Euphorbiaceae, monophagous

Ricinus communis.

references

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

10/12/2015