Physoderma pulposum

Physoderma pulposum

Description

A gall-causing fungus that affects fat-hen, goosefoot, orache and related plants in the Chenopodiaceae family.   Red or brownish pustules are formed on the leaf surface. 

Identification difficulty

host

Recording advice

Good field photographs; identify and note host species and habitat

Habitat

often on plants growing in muddy margins of lakes, ponds, reservoirs.

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