Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

Aecidium otitis

Aecidium otitis Schlechtendal, 1852

on Silene

gall

only aecia known; mainly hypophyllous, on yellowish lef spots; orange, cylindrical, with recurved margin; spores elliptic, 12-18 x 21-25 µm.

host plants

Caryophyllaceae, narrowly monophagous

Sileneitalica, otites.

notes

Check here about the the genus Aecidium.

references

Bahçecioğlu & Kabaktepe (2012a), Bahçecioğlu & Yildiz (2005a), Brandenburger (1985a: 111), Gäumann (1959a), Klenke & Scholler (2015a).

Last modified 1.xii.2021