Milesina kriegeriana (Magnus) Magnus, 1909
on Abies
spermogonia, aecia
Pinaceae, monophagous
Abies alba, cephalonica, concolor, grandis, nordmanniana, pinsapo.
on Dryopteris
Dryopteris spec., België, prov. Antwerpen, Balen, de Vennen © Carina Van Steenwinkel
uredinia
urediniospores
gall
uredinia hypophyllous, pustulate, covered with a brown epidermis, in which a pore develops; spores short clubshaped, remotely spinulose, on a short, plump pedicel, c. 33 x 18 µm. From September on the uredinia produce a white mass of spores during damp weather. Telia at the underside of brown parts of the hibernated fronds. The spores are formed in the epidermis cells; they are irregular in shape, thin-walled, 1-40 celled.
hostplants
Dryopteridaceae monophagous
Dryopteris x ambroseae, carthusiana, dilatata, expansa, filix-mas, pseudomas.
Termorshuizen & Swertz additionally mention Athyrium filix-femima (Woodsiaceae) and Polystichum aculeatum (Dryopteridaceae); on which this was based is not stated.
synonyms
Milesia kriegeriana.
references
Brandenburger (1985a: 6, 15), Doppelbaur (1968a, 1973a), Ellis & Ellis (1997a), Gäumann (1959a), Gjaerum & Dennis (1976a), González-Fragoso (1925a), Hafellner (1980a), Henderson (2004a), Jage, Klenke, Kruse ao (2016a, Klenke & Scholler (2015a), Kruse, Thiel, Choi ao (2016a), Poelt & Zwetko (1997a), Tănase & Negrean (2007a), Termorshuizen & Swertz (2011a), Tykhonenko & Hayova (2015a), Wilson & Henderson (1966a), Woods, Stringer, Evans & Chater (2015a).