Puccinia mauritanica Maire, 1915
Fungi, Basidiomycota. Pucciniomycetes, Pucciniales, Pucciniaceae
on Asperula
gall
no host plant alternation. Spermogonia unkown. Aecia hypophyllous on purple leafspots visible at both sides; cupulate, peridium yellowish white, laciniate, segments at first erect; spore mass yellow. No uredinia. Telia on leaves and stems, blackish brown, compact. Sporen 2-celled, smooth, 20-25 x 42-55 µm; pedicel brownish, about as long as the spore, brittle.
hostplants
Rubiaceae, monophagous
Asperula hirsuta.
references
Brandenburger (1985a: 504), Gäumann (1959a), González Fragoso (1924a).
16/04/2017