Tilletia sterilis Ule 1886
on grasses
gall
Leaves with long, parallel raised striae. They are yellowish gray at first, but whence the cuticula is gone masses of blackish brown spores erupt, smelling of old herring. The spores measure 18-24 x 20-30 µm; the wall has a reticulate structure.
host plants
Poaceae, oligophagous
Festuca ovina, valesiaca; Koeleria pyramidata; Poa nemoralis.
synonyms
Tilletia scrobiculata Fischer, 1952.
references
Brandenburger (1985a: 773, 817), Buhr (1964b, 1965a), Klenke & Scholler (2015a), Scholz & Scholz (2013a), Tomasi (2014a), Vánky (1994a, 2012a), Zogg (1983a).