Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

Melampsora gelmii

Melampsora gelmii Bresadola, 1897

on Euphorbia

Melampsora gelmii: paraphyses, spores

Euphorbia terracina, from González-Fragoso (1925a): paraphyses, urediniosporen, teliospores

gall

Spermogonia and aecia unnown. Most uredinia hypophyllous, yellowish brown, with many, clavate, paraphyses; the diameter of the head is 15-20 µm. Telia amphigenous, subepidermal, dark brown.

host plants

Euphorbiaceae, narrowly monophagous

Euphorbia dendroides, segetalis, serrata, terracina.

notes

often considered conspecific with M. euphorbiae.

references

Brandenburger (1985a: 338), Gäumann (1959a), Gjaerum (1982a), González-Fragoso (1925a), Klenke & Scholler (2015a).

Last modified 12.x.2022