Exobasidium karstenii Saccardo & Trotter, 1912
on Andromeda

Andromeda polifolia, Polen, Bialowieza © Sébastien Carbonnelle

underside of a galled leaf
gall
leaves much broader than normal, reddened to bluish-purple; the shoots are somewhat enlarged; usually the galling concerns isolated shoots. The spores are curved, septate, up to 18 µm long.
host plants
Ericaceae, monophagous
Andromeda polifolia.
synonyms
Exobasidium andromedae Karsten, 1878.
references
Buhr (1964b), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Döring (2003a), Doppelbaur & Doppelbaur (1973a), Ing (1994a, 2001a), Jage, Scholler & Klenke (2010a), Klenke & Scholler (2015a), Kruse (2019a), Negrean (1996a), Redfern & Shirley (2011a), Woods, Chater, Smith ao (2018a).
Last modified 14.vii.2019