Needle cast (Lophodermium pinastri )
- Latin name: Lophodermium pinastri (Shrad.:Fr.) Chev.
- French name: Rouge des pins
- Division: Ascomycota
- Class: Rhytismatales
- Synonym(s): Hysterium pinastri Schrad.: Fr,
Lophodermium laricis Dearn.,
Lophodermium pinicola Tehon
Description
Micro-habitat(s)
Needle
Distribution
Western Canada
Damage, symptoms and biology
Oval, black fruiting bodies scattered over dead needles, separated by shiny black, transverse lines.
Other information
In the East, L. pinastri and L. seditiosum are often confused. L. pinastri does not occur in eastern Canada.
Canadian Forest Service Publications
Information on host(s)
Main host(s)
Eastern white pine, jack pine, lodgepole pine, pines, ponderosa pine, red pine, shore pine
Secondary host(s)
Photos
Lophodermium sp. on lodgepole pine Bob Erickson