Gremmenia infestans (Karsten) Crous, 2014

on Pinus

parasite

Yellowed needles with 1 mm size, greyish brown flat erumpent apothecia. Asci 18-21 x 90-130 µm, spores long-fusiform, 1 µm wide. The fungus develops extensively on branches that have been covered by snow for a prolonged time.

host plants

Pinaceae, monophagous

Pinus nigra, sylvestris.

synonyms

Phacidium infestans Karsten, 1887.

references

Brandenburger (1985a: 21), Cech (2012a), Karadžić & Milijašević (2008a).