Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

Podosphaera erigerontis-canadensis

Podosphaera erigerontis-canadensis (Léveillé) Braun & Liu, 2010

on Asteraceae

Podosphaera erigerontis-canadensis: cleistothecia on Erigeron canadensis

Erigeron canadensis, Belgium, prov. Antwerp, Meerhout 26.x.2016 © Carina Van Steenwinkel: cleistothecia with appendages

Podosphaera erigerontis-canadensis: cleistothecium on Taraxacum officinale

Taraxacum officinale, Belgium, prov. Antwerp, Oud-Turnhout, de Liereman, 9.ix.2016 © Carina Van Steenwinkel: cleistothecium with appendages

Podosphaera erigerontis-canadensis: conidiophore on Taraxacum officinale

conidiophores

Podosphaera erigerontis-canadensis: conidiophore on Taraxacum officinale

Taraxacum officinale, Belgium, prov. Limbourg, Bree, de Luysen, 9.vii.2017 © Carina Van Steenwinkel: conidiophore

Podosphaera erigerontis-canadensis: cleistothecium

Taraxacum officinale, België, prov. Antwerpen, Balen, Scheps © Carina Van Steenwinkel

Podosphaera erigerontis-canadensis: cleistothecium

a single ascus, and relatively few, large peridium cells are diagnostic for Podosphaera

Podosphaera erigerontis-canadensis: ascus

ascus

Podosphaera erigerontis-canadensis: conidiophore

conidiophore

gall

mycelium amphigenous, white, later brownish, often occupying the entire leaf. Conidia formed in chains, with fibrosin bodies. Cleistothecia often abundant, containing a single ascus with usually 8 spores. Usually less than 10 brown, flaccid appendages, 0.5 – 3 times the cleistothecial diameter.

The ascus apically has a small window, the “oculus”, by which the spores are ejected; it’s diameter is diagnostic: 8-15 µm.

host plants

Asteraceae, oligophagous

Adenostyles alliariae, alpina; Arnica montana; Chamaemelum nobile; Crepis aurea, biennis, capillaris, conyzifolia, foetida, micrantha, mollis & subsp. succisifolia, nicaeensis, paludosa, pontana, pulchra, pyrenaica, rubra, sancta, setosa, sibirica, sonchifolia, tectorum, vesicaria subsp. taraxacifolia; Erigeron acris subsp. politus, annuus & subsp. septentrionalis, bonariensis, borealis, canadensis, floribundus, philadelphicus, speciosus, sumatrensis; Hieracium bifidum, bupleuroides, dentatum, murorum, prenanthoides, racemosum; Hypochaeris radicata; Lapsana communis; Leontodon hispidus & subsp. hastilis, incanus; Matricaria chamomilla, discoidea; Picnomon acarna; Pilosella officinarum; Pulicaria dysenterica, vulgaris; Rhaponticum centauroides; Scorzoneroides autumnalis, helvetica, montana, pyrenaica, rilaensis; Serratula tinctoria; Solidago canadensis; Sonchus bulbosus; Taraxacum Erythrosperma, Palustria, arcticum, kok-saghysz, officinale; Tolpis coronopifolia, staticifolia; Tripleurospermum inodorum.

synonyms

Sphaerotheca erigerontis-canadensis (Léveillé) Junell, 1966.

references

Braun (1995a), Braun & Cook (2012a), Bresinsky (2016a), Dynowska, Fiedorowicz & Kubiak (1999a), Doppelbaur & Doppelbaur (1973a “Sphaerotheca fuliginea”), Hafellner (1980a), Hagen (1941a), Jage, Klenke, Kruse ao (2016a), Jage, Kruse, Kummer ao (2013a), Klenke & Scholler (2015a), Kozłowska, Mułenko & Heluta (2015a), Kruse (2014a, 2019a), Kruse & Jage (2014a), Leysen (2013a, 2017a), Mieslerová, Kitner, Petřeková, ao (2020a), Ruszkiewicz (2000a), Scheuer & Bechter (2012a), Scholler, Reinhard & Schubert (1996a [Sphaerotheca fusca on Taraxacum officinale]), Scholler & Schubert (1993a “Sphaerotheca fusca”).

Last modified 22.xii.2022