BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
Exobasidium japonicum Shirai, 1896 (a redleaf fungus)
| Notes (MWS) | A parasitic basidiomycete that transforms leaves of cultivated miniature Azaleas (*Rhododendron simsii* and allies) into shapeless, fleshy white or reddish galls, up to 3cm across. |
Suggested Literature
Exobasidium japonicum 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 japonicum is associated with:
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fruitbody | Rhododendron - rhododendrons and azaleas (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 [causes pallid, fleshy galls] Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 |
| fruitbody | Rhododendron simsii - Horticulturalist's Azalea (Ericaceae) | fruitbody causes gall of live leaf | Hansen, L & Knudsen, H, 1997 [Restricted to Rhododendron simsii and allies] |
Associated with Exobasidium japonicum:
Exobasidium japonicum may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level
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MYCETEAE (fungi, moulds and lichens) |
References
| Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 | Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook |
| 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 |
