Melampsora abietis-caprearum Tubeuf, 1902
on Abies
gall
spermogonia amphigenous, subepidermal, on yelllowed needles. Aecia orange, pulvinate, without a peridium, at the underside of the needles.
spermogonia, aecia
Pinaceae, monophagous
Abies alba, cephalonica, nordmanniana, pinsapo.
on Salix
gall
uredinia yellow, small, hypophyllous, with club-shaped, thin-walled paraphyses. Urediniospores 12-16 x 13-20 µm thin-walled (1.5 µm), very finely spinulose. Telia usually hypophyllous, subepidermal, brownish, crustose.
uredinia, telia
Salicaceae, monophagous
Salix appendiculata, aurita, caprea, cinerea, elaeagnos, herbacea, myrsinifolia, purpurea, retusa, viminalis.
Not on S. repens.
synonyms
conceived by some authors as component of one complex species with aecia on a wide range of hosts, and uredinia and telia on Salix: Melampsora epitea.
references
Brandenburger (1985a: 14, 43), Gäumann (1959a), González-Fragoso (1925a), Klenke & Scholler (2015a), Kruse (2014a), Tomasi (2014a), Termorshuizen & Swertz (2011a).