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| Record Summary | small galls on leaves of Creeping Buttercup |
| Found as | Infection |
| Date | 3 May 2009 |
| Associated organism | Raunculus repens |
| OS grid ref | OSGR: SU56 |
| Lat/Lon | 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W |
| Vice County | Berks, VC no: 22 |
| Country | England |
| Voucher | 3 May 2009[A] (Please quote this in any queries about this record) |
Notes:
Yellowish or pale green to faintly brown tinged, wart-like swellings, 1.5-3mm diam, on one side of the leaf lamina; the other side forms a shallow dimple. The swollen side has a coarse surface as though the cells are bursting apart like a sponge.
Spores: abundant, hyaline, 15-21x12-13µm, rounded to slightly angular often beaked, with irregular hyaline wall upto 7µm thick which is cracked and thus appearing very rough, contents 12-15/9-11µm globose to ellipsoid. The wall is unstained in lactophenol cotton blue while the contents stain blue.
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