Puccinia ilicis Yen & Zambettakis, 1977

on Ilex

gall

No host plant alternation, no spermogonia and aecia (known). Urediniospores and teliospores are produced in common hypophyllous sori. Teliospores two-celled, on pedicels of 80-170 µm.

host plants

Aquifoliaceae, monophagous

Ilex aquifolium.

notes

In BioInfo (2013) Malcolm Storey makes the suggestion that in the original description the host plant may be confused with mahonia, implying that the description in fact refers to the common Cumminsiella mirabilissima.

references

Brandenburger (1985a: 366), Termorshuizen & Swertz (2011a)