Tuberculina persicina (Ditmar) Saccardo, 1881
hyperparasite on rust fungi
Gymnosporangium sabina on Pyrus communis, Belgium, prov. Limbourg, Kerkhoven, den Tip, 21.viii.2018 © Carina Van Steenwinkel
same leaf, underside
sporodochia
section through a sporodochium
conidia
in this focus the spore wall appears 1 µm thick, which is unusually thick for this species
hyperparasitation by Tuberculina persicina (whitish) and Cladosporium aecidiicola (blackish green) on Puccinia phragmitis on Rumex spec.
thallus on Puccinia cf. magnusiana, on Ranunculus spec., Belgium, prov. Limbourg, Laambeekvallei © Carina Van Steenwinkel
section
conidia
parasite
Similar to Tuberculina sbrozzii, but contrary to that species parasitising on a wide range of hosts. Spores 7-8(10) µm across.
host plants
on different species rust fungi, Pucciniales, among others:
Coleosporium tussilaginis; Gymnosporangium amelanchieris, cornutum, sabinae; Ochropsora ariae; Puccinia phragmitis, silvatica, sessilis, symphyti-bromorum; Uromyces lycoctoni, pisi; Tranzschelia anemones, pruni-spinosae.
references
Bartkowska (2007a), Ellis & Ellis (1997a), Jage, Scholler & Klenke (2010a), Klenke & Scholler (2015a), Kozłowska, Mułenko & Heluta (2015a), Kruse (2019a), Lutz, Bauer, Begerow & Oberwinkler (2004a), Lutz, Bauer, Begerow ao (2004a), Pellicier (2001a), Ruszkiewicz-Michalska (2006a).