Protomyces macrosporus

Protomyces macrosporus is an ascomycete fungus that forms galls on Aegopodium podagraria, Anthriscus sylvestris, Angelica sylvestris, Daucus carota and some other members of the family Umbelliferae or Apiaceae, commonly known as umbellifers. Fourteen genera within the Asteraceae are also galled by P. macrosporus. The description of the genus was based on Protomyces macrosporus as the type genus for the family Protomycetaceae.

Protomyces macrosporus
Galls on the lower surface of Aegopodium podagraria leaf
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Taphrinomycetes
Order: Taphrinales
Family: Protomycetaceae
Genus: Protomyces
Species:
P. macrosporus
Binomial name
Protomyces macrosporus
Unger, 1834
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