Exobasidium empetri S. Ito & Y. Otani
no common name
Exobasidiaceae
Species account author: Ian Gibson.
Extracted from Matchmaker: Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest.
Introduction to the Macrofungi
no common name
Exobasidiaceae
Species account author: Ian Gibson.
Extracted from Matchmaker: Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest.
Introduction to the Macrofungi
Photograph
Species Information
Summary:
Exobasidium empetri fruits on the lower surface of leaves of Empetrum nigrum, causing the leaves to become large, flat, and deep red.
Microscopic:
spores 14.0-18.0 x 6.0-8.0 microns, broadly clavate or elliptic, "with conspicuous hilum usually projecting laterally", generally 1-septate at maturity, rarely 3-septate or without septa; basidia projecting 28-40 microns beyond cuticle, 6.0-8.0 microns wide, "with generally two erect or slightly divergent sterigmata" 8.5-11.0 microns long and 3.0-3.5(4.5) microns wide at base; conidia apparently lacking
Notes:
Collections were examined from BC. (Savile 1959).
Habitat and Range
SIMILAR SPECIES
See also SIMILAR section of Exobasidium vaccinii-uliginosi.Habitat
on Empetrum nigrum (crowberry)
Status Information
Synonyms
Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Heterotextus occidentalis (Lloyd) Lloyd