Biology:Taphrina tosquinetii

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Short description: Species of fungus

Taphrina tosquinetii
Leaf galls on alder - geograph.org.uk - 992685.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Taphrinomycetes
Order: Taphrinales
Family: Taphrinaceae
Genus: Taphrina
Species:
T. tosquinetii
Binomial name
Taphrina tosquinetii
(Westendorp) Tulasne, 1866[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Ascomyces tosquinetii Westend., 1861
  • Exoascus tosquinetii (Westend.) Syd. & P. Syd.

Taphrina tosquinetii is a fungal plant pathogen that causes large blisters on both surfaces of the leaves of alder.

Description of the gall

The ascomycete induces a gall that distorts the leaves of alder. The leaves are slightly thickened, brittle and incurved with blister-like growth on both sides, which can increase the size of an infected leaf to twice the normal size. Later the leaf tissue becomes pale and thin with a whitish bloom when the asci develop.[3][4] Species infected include common alder (Alnus glutinosa), grey alder (Alnus incana) and Alnus x pubescens.[1]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q4050731 entry