Microbotryum nivale (Liro) Vánky, 1998
on Sagina
gall
the ovules inside the capsule are transformed into a purplish-brown mass of spores.
host plants
Caryophyllaceae, narrowly monophagous
Sagina nivalis.
synonyms
Ustilago nivalis Liro, 1924.
references
Brandenburger (1985a: 102), Buhr (1965a), Hagen (1941a), Vánky (1994a).