Ramularia ovata. [Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria].
Abstract A description is provided for Ramularia ovata [Ovularia ovata], a plant parasite, apparently obligately associated with its host plants, causing a leafspot disease, with records on living, dying and dead leaves. This species has been recorded along with its associated plants from woodland and from formal botanical gardens. Some information on its associated organisms and substrata, habitats, dispersal and transmission and conservation status is given, along with details of its geographical distribution (North America (USA (California)), Asia (Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan), Europe (Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Lithuania, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Russia (Krasnodar Krai, Kursk oblast, Lipetsk oblast, Oryol oblast, Penza oblast, Republic of Bashkortostan, Republic of Dagestan, Ryazan oblast, Stavropol Krai, Tambov oblast, Voronezh oblast), Slovakia, former Soviet Union, Ukraine UK)) and hosts (including medicinal herbs of the Lamiaceae, such as Salvia spp.). No reports of negative economic impacts of this fungus have been found.