Puccinia helvetica Schröter, 1874
Fungi, Basidiomycota. Pucciniomycetes, Pucciniales, Pucciniaceae
on Asperula
gall
no host plant alternation, no aecia. Uredinia small, amphigenous, reddish brown. Telia hypophyllous, dark brown, long covered by the epidermis. Teliospores two-celled, ± oval; wall thin and smooth; pedicel hyaline, short, deciduous.
hostplants
Rubiaceae, narrowly monophagous
Asperula taurina & subsp. leucanthera.
synonyms
According to Klenke & Scholler the valid name of this species is P. rubiae Fuckel, 1871. An explanation is not given; the Index Fungorum (2016) considers both names valid.
references
Brandenburger (1985a), Buhr (1964b), Gäumann (1959a), Negrean & Denchev (2000a), Poelt & Zwetko (1997a).
14/10/2016