Uredo varthemiae Rayss, 1937

on Chiliadenus

gall

Only uredinia are known. They are hypophyllous, up to 1 mm in diameter, soon naked and then pulverulent, pale yellow (herbarium material). Spores 22-27 x 26-36 µm, densely verrucose.

hostplants

Asteraceae, monophagous

Chiliadenus (= Varthemia) iphionoides.

notes

eastern Mediterranean species. Nothing is known as yet about a possible relationship with the western Mediterranean Coleosporium jasoniae.

references

Savchenko, Heluta, Wasser & Nevo (2014c).