Puccinia cichorii (de Candolle) Bellynck, 1867
on Cichorium
Cichorium endivia, Zwolle, 12.vi.2017 © Arnold Grosscurt
infected leaf, upper side, with dispersed uredinia
same leaf, underside; here also uredinia, although less numerous
urediniospores
urediniospores spinulose
urediniosporen with two subapical germination pores
urediniospore wirth germination pore
Cichorium intybus, from González Fragoso (1924a): urediniospores and teliospores
gall
No host plant alternation; aecia are missing. Uredinia and telia amphigenous, telia also on the stem, pulverulent, dark brown and black, respectively. Urediniospores 18-22 x 21-30 µm, spinulose, with 2 germination pores in the top half of the spore, each surrounded by a spineless area. Teliospores 18-26 x 27-40 µm, elliptic, 2-celled, verruculose; the spores fall off.
host plants
Asteraceae, monophagous
Cichhorium endivia, intybus, pumilum.
synonyms
Puccinia endiviae Passerini, 1873.
P. cichorii is often taken as a variety of P. hieracii.
references
Brandenburger (1985a: 677), Gäumann (1959a), González Fragoso (1924a), Jage, Kruse, Kummer ao (2013a), Klenke & Scholler (2015a), Kruse & Jage (2014a), Ludwig (1974a), Melzer, Pittoni, Poelt & Scheuer (1984a), Termorshuizen & Swertz (2011a), Tóth (1994a), Unamuno (1942a).