Protomyces pachydermus
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Protomycetaceae | Genus: Protomyces
Hosts: Taraxacum officinale
Detachable: integral
Color: red, yellow, green, purple
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Location: leaf midrib, stem
Form: tapered swelling
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Our ID Notes may contain important tips necessary for distinguishing this gall from similar galls and/or important information about the taxonomic status of this gall inducer.
Plant Parasites of Europe
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GALL
Diffuse, spindle-shaped swellings of the midrib, sometimes also the pedicel. The gall is somewhat vitreous, shiny, yellowish green at first, later often purplish. Fungus spores are formed in and around the vascular tissue.
HOST PLANTS
Asteraceae, monophagous
Taraxacum officinale.
- Willem N. Ellis: (2021) Plant Parasites of Europe©
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