BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
Exobasidium myrtilli Siegm., 1879 (a redleaf fungus)
| Notes (MWS) | A parasitic basidiomycete that enlarges (or shrinks) the leaves of Bilberry (*Vaccinium myrtillus*) and curls the margins, often turning them red. |
Suggested Literature
Exobasidium myrtilli 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 myrtilli is associated with:
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fruitbody | Vaccinium myrtillus - Bilberry (Ericaceae) | fruitbody causes gall of shoot | 
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Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 |
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fruitbody | Vaccinium myrtillus - Bilberry (Ericaceae) | fruitbody parasitises leaf | Hansen, L & Knudsen, H, 1997 |
Associated with Exobasidium myrtilli:
Exobasidium myrtilli 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 |
