Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

Puccinia asphodeli

Puccinia asphodeli Mougeot, 1830

on Asphodelus

Puccinia asphodeli: aeciospores

Asphodelus albus from González Fragoso (1924a): aeciospores

Puccinia asphodeli: teliospores

teliospores

gall

No hostplant alternation. Aecia and telia amphigenous, on violet-brown spots; spermogonia not described; uredinia missing. Aecia golden or brown, covered by the epidermis that opens by an irregular slit. Telia dark brown, 1-3 mm long; spores on a very short pedicel, 2-celled, with an unusually thick (6-9 µm), smooth,, hyaline wall.

host plants

Xanthorrhoeaceae, monophagous

Asphodelus aestivus, albus & subsp. occidentalis + delphinensis, cerasiferus, fistulosus, lusitanicus, “microcarpus”, ramosus.

references

Bahçecioğlu & Kabaktepe (2012a), Beenken & Senn-Irlet (2016a), Beltran Tejera (1976a), Brandenburger (1985a: 704), Gäumann (1959a), Gjaerum (1987a), Gjaerum & Sunding (1986a), González Fragoso (1924a), Klenke & Scholler (2015a), Llorens i Villagrasa (1984a), Losa España (1942a), Savchenko, Heluta, Wasser & Nevo (2014d), Savchenko, Wasser, Heluta & Nevo (2019a), Siquier, Salom, Pintos, ao (2009a), Unamuno (1941b).

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