Puccinia cerinthes-agropyrina Tranzschel, 1907
on Boraginaceae
gall
spermogonia mostly epiphyllous. Aecia hypophyllous, cupulate, with a white outwards curved peridium divided in segments, also on petioles, stems and calyces, cupulate, in dense circles; spore mass orange.
spermogonia, aecia
Boraginaceae, oligophagous
Aegonychon purpurocaeruleum; Borago officinalis; Buglossoides arvensis; Cerinthe glabra, minor; Cynoglossum creticum, officinae; Echium plantagineum, vulgare; Lithospermum officinale; ? Nonea erecta; Myosotis alpestris, arvensis, ramosissima, scorpioides, stricta; Omphalodes linifolia.
on Elymus, Elytrigia
gall
uredinia rust brown, amphigenous. Urediniospores 15-23 x 16-28 µm, spinulose, with ± 8 germination pores. Telia also amphigenous, covered by the epidermis, divided into small compartments by rows of brown paraphyses. Teliospores 2-celled, slender-conical, narrowed towards the pedicel; wall smooth, somewhat thickened at the tip; pedicel short.
uredinia, telia
Poaceae, narrowly oligophagous
Elymus campestris, caninus; Elytrigia atherica, intermedia & subsp. trichophora, repens.
synonyms
Aecidium lithospermi von Thümen, 1879.
Many authors, including Termorshuizen & Swertz, and also the Index Fungorum (2016), consider this species conspecific with P. recondita.
Hypoerparasite
references
Alaei, De Backer, Nuytinck ao (2009a), Bahçecioğlu & Kabaktepe (2012a), Brandenburger (1985a), Buhr (1964b), Gäumann (1959a), Klenke & Scholler (2015a), Roskam (2019a), Tomasi (2014a), Termorshuizen & Swertz (2011a).