Puccinia tirolensis Zwetko, 1993

on Carex

gall

No host alternation, only uredinia and telia, both hypophyllous. Uredinia rust-coloured, on yellowed spots. Urediniospores 22-28 x 24-33 µm, spinulose, with 2(3) supra-equatorial pores, surrounded by a smooth zone and not capped by a papilla. Telia black, wide-oval, high-pulvinate; teliospores 2-celled, 16-23 x 36-63 µm.

hostplants

Cyperaceae, narrowly monophagous

Carex digitata, ornithopoda & subsp. ornithopodioides.

notes

member of the species gtoup around Puccinia dioicae.

references

Klenke & Scholler (2015a).

10/11/2016