Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

Aecidium ranunculi-acris

Aecidium ranunculi-acris Persoon, 1800

on Ranunculus

Aecidium ranunculi-acris on Ranunculus acris

Ranunculus acris, Belgium, prov. Namur, Couvin, Aublain © Sébastien Carbonnelle; also the petioles and stems may be galled.

Aecidium ranunculi-acris: gall on Ranunculus repens

Ranunculus repens, Flevoland, Reve-Abbertbos © Hans Jonkman

Aecidium ranunculi-acris: spermogonia

detail; the tiny orange spots are the spermogonia

Aecidium ranunculi-acris: aecia

underside of the gall, with the aecia

Aecidium ranunculi-acris on Ranunculus repens

Ranunculus repens, Voorne’s Duin © Ben van As

Aecidium ranunculi-acris on Ranunculus repens

underside of the leaf, with aecia

gall

aecia yellow, hypophyllous, on yellowed and galled spots.

host plants

Ranunculaceae, monophagous

Ranunculus aconitifolous, acris, alpestris, arvensis, auricomus, breyninus, bulbosus, lanuginosus, lingua, montanus, parnassifolius, platanifolius, polyanthemos & subsp. nemorosus, repens, sceleratus.

notes

check here about the the genus Aecidium.

references

Jage, Scholler & Klenke (2010a), Klenke & Scholler (2015a), Kruse (2014a, 2019a), Kummer (2012a).

Last modified 23.viii.2019