Ustilago striiformis
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Ustilago striiformis spores (click on image to enlarge it)
Author(s): Roger Shivas, DEEDI
Source: PaDIL
Author(s): Roger Shivas, DEEDI
Source: PaDIL
Ustilago striiformis (Westend.) Niessl (1876) - (stripe smut of grasses)
Ustilago striiformis spores (SEM) (click on image to enlarge it)
Author(s): Desley Tree, DEEDI
Source: PaDIL
Author(s): Desley Tree, DEEDI
Source: PaDIL
This smut fungus is wide-spread and often found on grasses of the genus Holcus. It forms sori on stripes which run parallel to the leaf veins. The spore masses are black to dark brown and the spores have a diameter of approximately 10 µm. They are covered with spines (on average ½ µm high) at a density of around 10 per µm2.
Synonyms:
Uredo striiformis
