Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

Exobasidium splendidum

Exobasidium splendidum Nannfeldt, 1981

on Vaccinium

Exobasidium splendidum on Vaccinium vitis-idaea

Vaccinium vitis-idaea, Poland, Bialowieza, ix.2017 © Sébastien Carbonelle

Exobasidium splendidum on Vaccinium vitis-idaea

galled leaf

Exobasidium splendidum on Vaccinium vitis-idaea

Vaccinium vitis-idaea, Amstelveen, JP Thijssepark © Miriam Langeveld

gall

entire annual shoots are shining red, the leaves are enlarged and lengthened. The spores are elliptic, up to 27 µm, septate.

host plants

Ericaceae, narrowly monophagous

Vaccinium vitis-idaea.

references

Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Döring (2003a), Ing (1994a), Klenke & Scholler (2015a), Pehkonen, Ranta, Tolvanen & Laine (2014a), Redfern & Shirley (2011a).

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