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.

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), Lutz, Bauer, Begerow & Oberwinkler (2004a), Lutz, Bauer, Begerow ao (2004a), Pellicier (2001a), Ruszkiewicz-Michalska (2006a).