Sphaeria lichenoides var. buxicola de Candolle, 1815

on Buxus

Buxus sempervirens, Belgium, prov. Namur, Yvoir © Jonas Mortelmans

underside, with pseudothecia

detail of underside

gall

Asci 8-10 x 50-70 µm, sporen 3-5 x 22-29 µm. The infested parts eventually dry and fall out; after that it looks like the plant has been grazed by an insect.

host plants

Buxaceae, monophagous

Buxus sempervirens.

synonyms

Mycosphaerella buxicola (de Candolle) Tomilin, 1970; M. limbalis (Persoon) von Arx, 1949; Phyllosticta limbalis Persoon, 1818.

references

Brandenburger (1985a: 370), Ellis & Ellis (1997a), Melgarejo Nárdiz ao (2010a).