Anthracoidea fischeri (Karsten) Kukkonen, 1963

on Carex

gall

the contents of the ultimately rupturing utriculi is transformed into a hard, black globular body, 1-2 mm in size consisting of agglutinated spores; initially it is covered by a silvery membrane, that later flakes off. The spores are 13-22 µm long, their wall is evenly thickened.

host plants

Cyperaceae, monophagous

Carex brunnescens, canescens, chordorrhiza, diandra, disticha, heleonastes, lapponica, mackenziei, tenuiflora, vulpina.

Mainly canescens and disticha.

synonyms

Cintractia fischeri (Karsten) Liro, 1935.

references

Brandenburger (1985a: 874), Buhr (1964b), Klenke & Scholler (2015a), Prillinger, Wuczkowski, Lopandic ao (2009a), Savchenko & Heluta (2012a), Vánky (19994a).