Puccinia hispanica Bubák, 1915
on Leontodon, Scorzoneroides

Leontodon hispidus. uit González Fragoso (1924a): teliospores
gall
No host plant alternation; aecia are missing. Urediia hypophyllous, cinnamon-coloured. Urediniospores 24-28 x 28-26 µm, spinulose, 2 supra-equatorial germination pores. Telia blackish brown, mainly epiphyllous, 2-4 mm, on brown dry leaf spots. Teliospores 21-24 x34-45 µm.
host plants
Asteraceae, narrowly oligophagous
Leontodon hispidus, saxatilis; Scorzoneroides autumnalis.
synonyms
sometimes taken as a variety of P. hieracii.
notes
mediterranean species.
references
Brandenburger (1985a: 688), Gäumann (1959a), González Fragoso (1924a), Klenke & Scholler (2015a).
18/04/2017
Last modified 1.xii.2022