Microbotryum dianthorum (Liro) Scholz, 1988

on Dianthus, Petrorhagia

gall

anthers transformed into a blackish-brown violet mass of spores. Spores 6-11 µm, wall reticulate.

host plants

Caryophyllaceae, narrowly oligophagous

Dianthus algetanus subsp. turolensis, arenarius & subsp. pseudoserotinus, armeria, barbatus, borbasii, benearnensis, broteri, carthusianorum & subsp. latifolius, caryophyllus, costae, deltoides, giganteus, graniticus, gratianopolitanus, hyssopifolius, langeanus, legionensis, lustianus, monsepssulanus, orientalis, plumarius, pseudarmeria, pungens & subsp. brachyanthus + hispanicus, pyrenaicus, segueri, serrulatus, superbus subsp. alpestris, tabrisianus, viscidus; Petrorhagia saxifraga.

synonyms

Ustilago dianthorum Liro, 1924.

references

Almaraz (1998a), Buhr (1964b), Chlebicki (2010a). Denchev & Denchev (2016a), Klenke (2002a), Kruse (2019a), Kruse, Thiel, Beenken ao (2018d), Kummer (2009a), Ludwig (1974a), Lutz, Piątek, Kemler ao (2008a), Lutz & Vánky (2009a), Mayor (1967a, 1970a), Redfern & Shirley (2011a), Savchenko & Heluta (2010a, 2012a), Scheuer & Bechter (2012a), Scholz & Scholz (2013a), Spooner & Legon (2006a), Tomasi (2014a), Vánky (1994a), Vánky & Abbasi (2013a), Zwetko (1993a).