Podosphaera pericallidis Braun, 2012

Fungi, Ascomycota, Leotiomycetes, Erysiphales, Erysiphaceae

on Pericallis

gall

mycelium amphigenous, persistent, white, not turning brown. Appressoria indistinct to nipple-shaped. Conidia formed in chains, with fibrosin bodies, short-elliptic. Cleistothecia mainly epiphyllous, with a single ascus, containing usually eight spores. Appendages 4-15, sub-equatorial, 0.5-3 x the diameter; mycelioid, brown, septate, mostly unbranched.

hostplants

Asteraceae, monophagous

Pericallis hybrida.

references

Beenken & Senn-Irlet (2016a), Braun & Cook (2012a), Klenke & Scholler (2015a).

11/12/2016