Doassansiopsis occulta (Hoffman) Dietel, 1897

on Stuckenia

gall

the seeds are strongly swollen; their contents is modified into a brown mass of spore balls. They are up to 250 µm long and consist of a ± parenchymatous kernel, covered by a single continuous layer of spores and a thin layer of cortical cells.

hostplants

Potamogetonaceae, monophagous

Stuckenia filiformis, pectinata (= Potamogeton).

Some observations on Potamogeton reported by Tomasi (2014a) must apply to D. hydrophila.

synonyms

Doassansia occulta (Hoffman) Cornu, 1883.

references

Brandenburger (1985a: 702), Buhr (1965a), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Klenke & Scholler (2015a), Tomasi (2014a), Vánky (1994a)