Urocystis syncocca (Kirchner) Lindeberg, 1959

on Hepatica

gall

lead-coloured blisters or pustules that eventually rupture and release a blackish brown, granular-powdery mass of spore balls. The spore balls consist of compact group of 1-8(8) spores, surrounded by an incomplete layer of lesser sterile cells.

hostplants

Ranunculaceae, monophagous

Hepatica nobilis & f. acutiloba, transsilvanica.

synonyms

Tuburcinia, Urocystis, hepaticae-trilobae (de Candolle) Liro, 1922.

references

Ainsworth & Sampson (1950a), Almaraz (1998a), Brandenburger (1985a), Buhr (1964b), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Klenke & Scholler (2015a), Kruse (2014a), Lotze-Engelhard (2010a), Lutz & Vánky (2009a) Negrean (1996a), Redfern & Shirley (2011a), Roskam (2009a), Savchenko & Heluta (2012a), Scholz & Scholz (2013a), Tomasi (2014a), Vánky (1964a), Zwetko (1993a).