Pucciniastrum goeppertianum (Kühn) Klebahn, 1904

on Abies

gall

spermogonia hypophyllous, subcuticular. Aecia also hypohpyllous, in two dense rows; peridium tubular, c. 2 mm high. Aeciospores finely and densely echinulate all over; contents orange.

spermogonia, aecia

Aecia in two rows at the underside of the needles, with a white, cylindrical or sac-like peridium; the spores are orange red.

Abies alba, amabilis, balsamea, cephalonica, cilicica, concolor, fraseri, grandis, lasiocarpa, magnifica, nordmanniana, pinsapo, sibirica, veitchii.

on Vaccinium

gall

uredinia missing. Tela consist of initially shiny pink, later brown plaques engirdling parts of the stems. Teliospores develop within the epidermis cells. Infected shoots are elongated and form witches’ brooms. The mycelium is systemic and hibernates in the plants.

uredinia, telia

Ericaceae, narrowly oligophagous

Vaccinium corymbosum, membranaceum, vitis-idaea.

In North America also Cyanococcus pensylvanicus.

synonyms

Calyptospora goeppertiana Kühn, 1869; Thekopsora goeppertiana (Kühn) Hiratsuka.

references

Brandenburger (1985a: 14), Buhr (1965a), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Doppelbaur & Doppelbaur (1973a), Gäumann (1959a), González-Fragoso (1925a), Henderson (2000a, 2004a), Klenke & Scholler (2015a), Kozłowska, Mułenko & Heluta (2015a), McTaggart, Geering & Shivas (2014a), Preece & Hick (1994a), Redfern & Shirley (2011a), Schmid-Heckel (1985a), Termorshuizen & Swertz (2011a), Tomasi (2003a), Wilson & Henderson (1966a).

25/04/2017