Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

Podosphaera schlechtendalii

Podosphaera schlechtendalii Léveillé, 1951

on Salix

gall

mycelium hypophyllous, inconspicuous, evanescent. Cleistothecium with a single ascus, containing 8 spores. Appendages 5-12, 1-3 x the diameter, in a fascicle on top of the cleistothecium; apically they a forked 1-3 times.

host plants

Salicaceae, monophagous

Salix alba, cinerea, viminalis.

references

Brandenburger (1985a: 43), Braun (1995a), Braun & Cook (2012a), Klenke & Scholler (2015a), Leysen (2017a).

Last modified 3.xii.2021