Ustilago constantineanui (Săvulescu) Vánky, 1985

on Crypsis

gall

scattered ovaries are modified into a somewhat pulverulent dark olive brown mass of spores; initially the sorus still is covered by a greyish to brownish membrane consisting of both fungal and plant material. The infection is inconspicuous because the sori remain hidden by the glumes. Spores mostly 8-10 x 9-13 µm, moderately to coarsely verrucose.

host plants

Poaceae, monophagous

Crypsis aculeata, alopecuroides, schoenoides.

synonyms

Sphacelotheca constantineanui Săvulescu, 1951; Ustilago heleochloae Vánky & Gönczöl, 1978.

references

Brandenburger (1985a: 834), Klenke & Scholler (2015a), Vánky (1994a, 2012a).