Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

Doassinga callitrichis

Doassinga callitrichis (Liro,1939) Vánky, Bauer & Begerow, 1998

on Callitriche

Doassinga callitrichis on Callitriche stagnalis

Callitriche stagnalis, Belgium, prov. Antwerp, Laakdal, Ossenbroeken, 26.vii.2022 © Carina Van Steenwinkel: infected plant (ill-defined pale brown spots)

Doassinga callitrichis on Callitriche stagnalis

Callitriche stagnalis, Belgium, prov. Antwerp, Laakdal, Trichelbroek, 14.vi..2022 © Carina Van Steenwinkel: spore mass embedded in the plant tissue

Doassinga callitrichis on Callitriche stagnalis

spores 9-14 x 10-17 µm (n=165)

Doassinga callitrichis on Callitriche stagnalis

the spores germinate and from at the underside and upper side of the leaf multicellular basidia with basidiospores

Doassinga callitrichis on Callitriche stagnalis

basidiospores

Doassinga callitrichis on Callitriche stagnalis

measurements 1-1.5 x 16-65 µm (n=40)

Doassinga callitrichis on Callitriche stagnalis

Callitriche stagnalis, Belgium, prov. Antwerp, Nol, Buitengoor, 28.viii.2022 © Carina Van Steenwinkel: leaf with basidiospores

gall

vague greenish brown leaf spots. In the sori solitary, smooth, almost colourless spores, 9-14 x 10-16 µm.

host plants

Plantaginaceae, monophagous

Callitriche palustris, stagnalis.

synonyms

Entyloma callitriches Liro, 1939.

references

Brandenburger (1985a: 526), Klenke & Scholler (2015a), Van Steenwinkel & Fraiture (2023a), Thiel, Klenke, Kruse, ao (2023a), Vánky (1994a, 2012a), Vánky, Bauer & Begerow (1998a).

Last modified 8.ix.2023