Tilletia sesleriae Juel, 1894

on Sesleria

gall

long, brown, somewhat swollen striae between the leaf veins that eventually rupture, releasing a brown, ± powdery, fetid mass of spores. The spore wall is reticulate. The infection is systemic, infected plants generally do not flower.

host plants

Poaceae, monophagous

Sesleria caerulea, rigida.

synonyms

Ustilago sesleriae (Juel) Viennot-Bourgin, 1944.

references

Brandenburger (1985a: 776), Buhr (1965a), Klenke & Scholler (2015a), Mayor (975a), Vánky (1994a), Zogg (1983a).