Sphacelotheca serrulati-magna Vánky & Oberwinkler, 1994

Fungi, Basidiomycota, Microbotryomycetes, Microbotryales

on Persicaria

gall

the ovaries are swollen; at first they are covered by a membrane that eventually ruptures at the top, releasing a dark-violet mass of spores around a central columella. Spores 12-16 x 12-18 µm.

hostplants

Polygonaceae, monophagous

Persicaria decipiens.

references

Vánky (1994a).

06/06/2014