Puccinia buxi Sowerby, 1809
on Buxus

Buxus sempervirens, Belgium, prov. Namur, Saint-Marc: telia © Jean-Yves Baugnée, det. A. Vanderweyen

Buxus sempervirens, UK, Wiltshire, Stanton Fitzwarren © Roelof Jan Koops: jonge telia
Buxus sempervirens, from González Fragoso (1924a): teliospores
gall
No hostplant alternation, only telia. Telia amphigenous, pulvinate, often on strongly discoloured spots, dark brown. Spores two-celled (by they fall apart easily), on a long persistent pedicel.
host plants
Buxaceae, monophagous
Buxus microphylla, sempervirens.
note
Occurs primarily on old shrubs of wild plants.
references
Brandenburger (1985a: 370), Buhr (1964b), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Ellis & Ellis (1997a), Gäumann (1959a), Gjaerum (1982a), Gjaerum & Dennis (1976a), González Fragoso (1924a), Henderson (2000a, 2004a), Melgarejo Nárdiz, García-Jiménez, Jordá Gutiérrez ao (2010a), Klenke & Scholler (2015a),Llorens i Villagrasa (1984a), Losa España (1944a) descr., Negrean & Anastasiu (2006a), Poelt & Zwetko (1997a), Preece & Hick (1994a), Redfern & Shirley (2002a, 2011a), Roques, Cleary, Matsiakh & Eschem (2017a), Spooner & Butterfill (1999a), Termorshuizen & Swertz (2011a), Tomasi (2012a, 2014a), Unamuno (1942a), Vanderweyen & Fraiture (2011a), Wilson & Henderson (1966a), Woods, Stringer, Evans & Chater (2015a).