Sporisorium egyptiacum (Fischer von Waldheim) Vánky, 1999

on Schismus

parasite

Within the glumae the anthers and ovary are modified into an axis (“columella”) surrounded by a powdery blackish born mass of spores and sterile cells. The fungus is systemic; infected plants are retarded, all florets in the inflorescence are galled.

host plants

Poaceae, monophagous

Schismus barbatus.

references

Denchev, Martín, Kemler & Denchev (2021a).