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Taphrina athyrii Siemaszko, 1923 (a tongue fungus)

Suggested Literature

Taphrina athyrii 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

Taphrina athyrii is associated with:

Photos ascoma Dryopteris dilatata - Broad Buckler-fern (Dryopteridaceae) amphigenous ascoma infects and damages live leaf Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes small, but sometimes very abundant, angular, brown, unthickened spots covered by a whitish bloom; pinnules sometimes turn black and curl]
Photos ascoma Dryopteris filix-mas - Common Male Fern (Dryopteridaceae) amphigenous ascoma infects and damages live leaf Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes small, but sometimes very abundant, angular, brown, unthickened spots covered by a whitish bloom; pinnules sometimes turn black and curl]
Photos ascoma Athyrium - lady ferns (Woodsiaceae) amphigenous ascoma infects and damages live leaf Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes small, but sometimes very abundant, angular, brown, unthickened spots covered by a whitish bloom; pinnules sometimes turn black and curl]

Associated with Taphrina athyrii:

Taphrina athyrii 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

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