Phaeosphaeria herpotrichoides (de Notaris) Holm, 1957

on grasses, etc.

Phaeosphaeria herpotrichoides on Miscanthus sinensis

Miscanthus sinensis, Haarlemmermeer, Hoofddorp. 28.xii.215 © Laurens van der Linde. det. Björn Wergen

Phaeosphaeria herpotrichoides on Miscanthus sinensis

detail

Phaeosphaeria herpotrichoides on Miscanthus sinensis

spores

parasite

Leaf spots with perithecia; mature ascospores olive brown, 5 x 23 µm, rounded tips, 4-7-septate.

host plants

polyphagous

Agrostis; Avenella flexuosa; Bothriochloa ischaemum; Brachypodium sylvaticum; Calamagrostis arundinacea, epigeios, pseudophragmites, varia, villosa; Carex; Dactylis glomerata; Deschampsia cespitosa & subsp. neoalpina; Drymochloa sylvatica; Dupontia pelligera; Elymus caninus; Festuca ovina, rubra; Hordeum; Leymus arenarius; Luzula confusa; Melica ciliarta, nutans; Miscanthus sinensis; Nardus stricta; Phalaris; Phragmites australis; Poa alpina, nemoralis; Rostraria cristata; Secale cereale; Trisetum distichophyllum; Triticum aestivum.

Also Lycopodium clavatum (Holm & Holm).

synonyms

Leptosphaeria herpotrichoides de Notaris, 1863.

references

Blumer (1946a), Ellis & Ellis (1997a: 463), Flores Pedauye, Melero Vara & Pallás Benet (2010a), Hedjaroude (1969a), Holm & Holm (1981b, 1994a), Kirk & Spooner (1984a), Leuchtmann (1984a), Müller (1950a), Shoemaker & Babcock (1989a).