Bremia picridis Ito & Tokunaga, 1935
Chromista, Oomycota, Oomycetes, Peronosporales
on Helminthoteca, Picris
gall
thin whitish hypophyllous fungal down at the underside of the leaf, consisting of erect, apically multiply branched conidiophores. Each ultimate branch ends in a swelling with four short stalks, each one bearing an ovoid conidium. Infected plants may be strongly disfigured
hostplants
Asteraceae, monophagous
Helminthotheca ecioides; Picris hieracioides.
synonyms
Bremia picridis-hieracioidis Savinceva, 1974.
references
Brandenburger (1985a), Choi & Thines (2015a), Klenke & Scholler (2015a).
01/11/2016