Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

Entyloma eryngii-dichotomi

Entyloma eryngii-dichotomi Maire, 1917

on Eryngium

gall

amhpigenous, 0.5 – 2.5 mm large, ± polygonal, sometimes lightly swollen yellowish brown leaf spots, sometimes gregarious. Embedded in the host tissue dense groups of spores; they measure 8-11 x 10-14 µm, ± pale yellowish; the wall is double, outside smooth.

hostplants

Apiaceae, narrowly monophagpus

Eryngium dichotomum.

references

Savchenko, Carris, Castlebury, Heluta, Wasser & Nevo (2014a).

Last modified 21.vi.2018