BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Protomyces macrosporus Unger, 1833 (an ascomycete)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos #macrophotos #microphotos
Protomyces macrosporus Infection 14 June 2007 West Cornwall England 12 3 3
Protomyces macrosporus Infection 22 October 2006 Carmarthen Wales 10 14 3

Suggested Literature

Protomyces macrosporus may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)
ASCOMYCOTA
(spore-shooters)
TAPHRINALES
(an order of ascomycetes)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Protomyces macrosporus is associated with:

Photos chlamydospore Apiaceae - umbellifers - formerly Umbelliferae embedded chlamydospore causes gall of stem Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
Photos chlamydospore Aegopodium podagraria - Ground Elder, Goutweed, Bishop’s Weed (Apiaceae) embedded chlamydospore causes gall of live stem Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos chlamydospore Aegopodium podagraria - Ground Elder, Goutweed, Bishop’s Weed (Apiaceae) embedded chlamydospore causes gall of live leaf Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos chlamydospore Anthriscus sylvestris - Cow Parsley, Keck (Apiaceae) embedded chlamydospore causes gall of Minor Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos chlamydospore Berula erecta - Lesser Water-parsnip (Apiaceae) embedded chlamydospore causes gall of live Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997

Associated with Protomyces macrosporus:

Protomyces macrosporus may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)

References

Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986 Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls

Creative Commons License
Unless otherwise expressly stated, all original material on the BioImages website by
Malcolm Storey is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales