Anthracoidea laxae Kukkonen, 1963

on Carex

gall

the contents of the ultimately rupturing utriculi is transformed into a hard, black body consisting of agglutinated spores; initially it is covered by a silvery membrane, that later flakes off. The spores are 18-27 µm long.

host plants

Cyperaceae, narrowly monophagous

Carex laxa.

references

Brandenburger (1985a: 876), Vánky (1994a).