BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
Exobasidium arescens Nannf., 1981 (a redleaf fungus)
| Notes (MWS) | A parasitic basidiomycete that forms small, thin, pale or reddish leaf spots on Bilberry (*Vaccinium myrtillus*). These appear about midsummer but rapidly dry and disappear, so are easily overlooked. |
Suggested Literature
Exobasidium arescens may be covered by literature listed under:
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BIOTA (living things) |
Eukaryota (eukaryotes) |
MYCETEAE (fungi, moulds and lichens) |
BASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers) |
USTILAGINOMYCETES (ustilaginomycetes) |
Feeding and other inter-species relationships
Exobasidium arescens is associated with:
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fruitbody | Vaccinium myrtillus - Bilberry (Ericaceae) | fruitbody causes gall of live leaf | 
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Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Hansen, L & Knudsen, H, 1997 [Small, thin, pale or reddish or yellowish leaf spots that appear about midsummer but rapidly dry and disappear, so easily overlooked] |
Associated with Exobasidium arescens:
Exobasidium arescens may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level
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MYCETEAE (fungi, moulds and lichens) |
References
| Hansen, L & Knudsen, H, 1997 | Nordic Macromycetes, Vol 3. (Hetero., Aphylloph., Gastero.) |
| Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 | Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota |
