Puccinia coronata Corda, 1837
barley crown rust
on Frangula, Rhamnus
Rhamnus cathartica, Hungary, Kimle, 2.vi.2016 © László Érsek
same leaf, underside
aecia
detail
aecium with peridium

Rhamnus catharticus, Amstelveen, de Braak: leaf with spermogonia

detail

the individual spermogonia

Rhamnus catharticus, Enter © Arnold Grosscurt: aecia
Frangula alnus, Belgium, prov. Namur, Winenne, Les Hamions: aecia; det. Arthur Vanderweyen © Jean-Yves Baugnée: aecia

detail
gall
spermogonia
spermogonia, aecia
Rhamnaceae, oligophagous
Frangula azorica; Frangula alnus; Rhamnus alaternus, alpina, cathartica, crenulata, lycioides subsp. graeca, pumila, saxatilis.
on Poaceae
Avena sativa, Hungary, Halászi, 23.vi.2018 © László Érsek
leaf with uredinia
detail
urediniospores

Avena sp. uredinia, Spain, Andalusia, Frigiliana © Arnold Grosscurt

Phalaris arundinacea, Amsterdam-West, Lange Bretten: uredinia

a single uredinium

urediniospores: finely spinulose, pores not distinguishable

Phalaris arundinacea, Castricum: telia

teliospores

detail
gall
uredinia mostly epiphyllous, orange, up to 0.5 mm, along their margin a row of colourless, rather thin-walled paraphyses that apically are not clavate; urediniospores with 6-8 pores. Telia up to 1 mm, black, hypophyllous, long covered by the epidermis, surrounded by a palissade of black paraphyses. Teliospores “crowned”, on a short pedicel.
uredinia, telia
Poaceae, broadly oligophagous
Achnatherum calamagrostis; Agropyron cristatum; Agrostis canina, capillaris, castellana, gigantea, schraderiana, stolonifera; Alopecurus aequalis, geniculatus, pratensis, uitriculatus; Ammocalamagrostis baltica; Ammophila arenaria; Arrhenatherum elatius & subsp. bulbosum; Anisantha diandra; Anthoxanthum odoratum; Apera spica-venti; Avena barbata, fatua & subsp. meridionalis, sativa, sterilis, strigosa; Avenella flexuosa; Avenula pubescens; Beckmannia eruciformis, syzigachne; Bothriochloa ischaemum; Brachypodium pinnatum, rupestre, sylvaticum; Briza media, minor; Bromopsis benekenii, erecta, inermis, ramosa, triniana; Bromus hordeaceus, secalinus; Calamagrostis arundinacea, canescens, epigeios, pseudophragmites, varia, villosa; Catabrosa aquatica; Corynephorus canescens; Cynodon dactylon; Cynosurus cristatus, echinatus; Dactylis glomerata; Deschampsia cespitosa; Echinaria capitata; Elytrigia repens; Festuca ovina, rubra, varia; x Festulolium braunii, loliaceum; Glyceria maxima; Helictochloa pratensis; Helictotrichon parlatorii; Hierochloe australis, odorata; Holcus lanatus, mollis; Hordelymus europaeus; Hordeum murinum; Koeleria mcrantha, pyramidata, vallesiana; Lamarckia aurea; Leymus arenarius; Lolium multiflorum, perenne, remotum; Melica nutans; Milium effusum; Molinia caerulea; Parapholis filiformis; Phalaris aquatica, arundinacea, caerulescens, minor; Phalaroides arundinacea; Phleum hirsutum, pratense; Phragmites australis; Poa nemoralis, pratensis; Polypogon fugax, monspeliensis, viridis; Puccinellia distans; Schedonorus arundinaeus, giganteus, pratensis; Scolochloa; Secale cereale; Sesleria caerulea, sadlerana; Setaria; Stipa pulcherrima; Trisetum flavescens; Triticum aestivum; Vulpia.
synonyms
Aecidium rhamni Gmelin, 1792; ? Ae. rhamni-infectoriae Unamuno, 1934; Puccinia alpinae-coronata Mühlethaler, 1911L P. coronata var. avenae Fraser & Ledingham, 1933; P. coronata var. himalensis Barclay, 1891; P. coronifera Klebahn, 1894; P. gibberosa Lagerheim, 1888; P. lolii Nielsen, 1975; P. pumilae-coronatae, Paul, 1929.
notes
Liu & Hamilton, using a combination of molecular and morphological analysis, have shown that P. coronata in fact is a complex of eight species. Although the reality of these species is indisputable, it is highly probable that further research will bring even more species to the fore. Moreover, the host plant spectre and geographical distribution of the newly distinguished species are only incompletely known. Therefore in this site for the time being coronata still is treated as a normal species.
references
Bahçecioğlu & Kabaktepe (2012a), Bellmann (2012a), Beltran Tejera (1976a), Blumer (1946a), Brandenburger (1972a, 1985a: 373, 768, 776, 807, 810), Buhr (1965a), Chinery (2011a), Coulianos & Holmåsen (1991a), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Deckert & Deckert (2016a), Dietrich (2013a), Doppelbaur & Doppelbaur (1968a, 1973a), Ellis & Ellis (1997a), Gäumann (1959a), Gjaerum (1970a, 1982a, 1986a, 1987a), Gjaerum & Dennis (1976a), Gjaerum & Sunding (1986a), Gönczö & Révay (1981a), González Fragoso (1922a, 1924a), Henderson (2000a, 2004a), Heluta, Hayova, Tykhonenko ao (2010a), Jage, Klenke, Kruse ao (2016a), Jage, Kruse, Kummer ao (2013a), Jage, Scholler & Klenke (2010a), Klenke & Scholler (2015a), Kolmer (2013a), Koops (2013a), Korytnianska & Popova (2012a), Kozłowska, Mułenko & Heluta (2015a), Kruse (2014a, 2019a), Kruse & Jage (2014a), Kruse, Thiel, Beenken ao (2018d), Liu & Hamilton (2010a, 2013a), Liu, Szabob, Hambleton, Anikster & Kolmer (2013a), Losa España (1942a), Ludwig (1974a), Maier, Begerow, Weiß & Oberwinkler (2003a), Maier, Wingfield, Mennicken & Wingfield (2007a), Marková & Urban (1988a), Mayor (1967a), Melgarejo Nárdiz, García-Jiménez, Jordá Gutiérrez ao (2010a), Mułenko, Sałata & Wołczańska (1995a), Negrean (1996b, 1997a), Özaslan, Hüseyin & Erdogdu (2014a), Pellicier (2001a), Poelt & Zwetko (1997a), Preece & Hick (1994a), Redfern & Shirley (2011a), Riegler-Hager (2000a, 2014a), Roskam (2009a), Ruszkiewicz-Michalska (2006a), Saba & Khalid (2013a), Sadravi, Ono, Pei & Rahnama (2007a), Savchenko, Heluta, Wasser & Nevo (2014d), Savchenko, Wasser, Heluta & Nevo (2019a), Scheuer & Bechter (2012a), Schmid-Heckel (1985a), Scholler & Schubert (1993a), Termorshuizen & Swertz (2011a), Tomasi (2003a, 2012a, 2014a), Tóth (1994a), Unamuno (1941a, 1942a), Vanderweyen & Fraiture (2011a), Wilson & Henderson (1966a), Woods, Stringer, Evans & Chater (2015a).