Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

Entyloma taraxaci

Entyloma taraxaci Vánky, 1983

Fungi, Basidiomycota, Exobasidiomycetes, Entylomatales

on Taraxacum

gall

brown, up to 5 mm large leaf spots. In the tissue compact groups of spores with a smooth wall that consists of two layers.

hostplants

Asteraceae, monophagous

Taraxacum spec.

synonyms

E. taraxaci is described from Israel. It is conceivable, but not certain, that an old European reference to E. calendulae on Taraxacum, interpreted by Buhr als E. picridis, relates to this species.

references

Buhr (1965a), Klenke & Scholler (2015a), Vánky (1994a).

02/01/2017

Last modified 28.vi.2017