Sphacelotheca hydropiperis (Schumach.) de Bary, (a microbotryan smut)


30 Aug 2008 at OSGR: SU57 in Berks, England

Record Summaryinfected flowers of Water Pepper
Found asInfection
Date30 August 2008
Associated organismPersicaria hydropiper
OS grid refOSGR: SU57
Lat/Lon51° 30’ N, 1° 20’ W
Vice CountyBerks, VC no: 22
CountryEngland
Voucher30 Aug 2008[B]
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Notes:

Ustilospores: finely verruculose, subglobose to subdoliform, often flattened and with dark disjunctor remains in centre of flattened faces. In chains at first. 9-11.5/11-12.5µm

Sterile cells: hyaline, slightly smaller than the spores.

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