Exobasidium phyllodoces (Savile) Savile
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 phyllodoces is differentiated from Exobasidium vaccinii-uliginosi based on smaller spores and basidia.
Microscopic:
spores 13.0-18 x 4.5-6.8 microns (in Exobasidium vaccinii-uliginosi 15.5-22.5 x 7.3-9.0(11.5) microns), without septa; basidia 2-spored, 5.0-6.0 microns wide; conidia lacking, (Savile(2))
Notes:
Collections were examined on Phyllodoce empetriformis from BC and WA (Savile(2)).
Habitat and Range
SIMILAR SPECIES
See also SIMILAR section of Exobasidium vaccinii-uliginosi.Habitat
The three collections examined were on Phyllodoce empetriformis (pink mountain heather).