Puccinia hysteriiformis Peck, 1881

on Caryophyllaceae, Alsinoideae

gall

No host plant alternation, telia only. They are hypophyllous, long covered by the epidermis, eventually pulverulent, black. Spores two-celled, weakly constricted, apically rounded, 14-19 x 38-52 µm, upper pore ± apical, lower one close to the septum; wall smooth, apically strongly thickened. Pedicel persistent, up to 120 µm long, mostly hyaline but apical part brown.

host plants

Caryophyllaceae, oligophagous

Arenaria serpyllifolia; Cerastium alpinum, arvense, brachypetalum, carinthiacum, cerastoides, gibraltaricum, tomentosum, uniflorum; Gypsophila repens; Minuartia recurva, verna.

references

Bahçecioğlu & Kabaktepe (2012a)m Brandenburger (1985a: 99), Buhr (1964b), Gäumann (1959a), Kabaktepe & Bahcecioglu (2012a), Klenke & Scholler (2015a), Poelt & Zwetko (1997a), Termorshuizen & Swertz (2011a), Terrier (1961a).