Urocystis miyabeana Togashi & Onuma, 1930

on Polygonatum

gall

striae on the leaves, sometimes coalescing into low pustular areas, changing from dark green over lead-colour to brown; upon rupturing a black, granular mass of spore balls is released. Spore balls consist of 1-3 spores, covered by a more or less continuous layer of sterile cells.

host plants

Asparagaceae, monophagous

Polygonatum hirtum, multiflorum, odoratum, verticillatum.

synonyms

Urocystis polygonati (Lavrov) Zundel, 1953; U. ungeri Zundel (1945)

references

Brandenburger (1985a: 725), Buhr (1965a), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Denčev (1991a), Klenke & Scholler (2015a), Lotze-Engelhard (2010a), Savchenko & Heluta (2012a), Scholz & Scholz (2013a), Tomasi (2014a), Vánky (1994a, 2012a: 1081), Zwetko (1993a).