Puccinia iridis Wallroth, 1844
on Urtica, Valeriana
gall
Aecia white, hypophyllous, in small groups; spores (10)12-16(18) x (11)15-20(24) µm. They do not induce galling.
spermogonia, aecia
Caprifoliaceae, Urticaceae; narrowly polyphagous
Urtica dioica, kioviensis, urens; Valeriana officinalis.
on Iris
Iris foetidissima, Engeland, Berks, VC22: uredinia © Malcolm Storey, BioImages
urediniospores
Iris foetidissima, from González Fragoso (1924a): teliospores
gall
uredinia brown, long covered by the epidermis, finally naked but not pulverulent; spores with 2-4 ± equatorial germination pores. Telia black, soon naked, without paraphyses; they are often missing; teliospores two-celled, on a persistent pedicel.
uredinia, telia
Iridaceae, narrowly oligophagous
Iris aphylla, foetidissima, x germanica, gracilipes, graminea, lactea, latifolia, longipetala, missouriensis, pallida, pseudacorus, pumila, sari, sibirica, suaveolens, taochia, variegata, versicolor, virginica, xiphium; Moraea sisyrinchium.
references
Bahçecioğlu & Kabaktepe (2012a), Brandenburger (1985a: 78, 741), Buhr (1964b), Ellis & Ellis (1997a), Gäumann (1959a), Gjaerum & Sunding (1986a), González Fragoso (1924a), Heluta, Hayova, Tykhonenko ao (2010a), Henderson (2000a, 2004a), Klenke & Scholler (2015a), Kozłowska, Mułenko & Heluta (2015a), Kruse (2014a, 2019a), Mayor (1973a), Poelt & Zwetko (1991a, 1997a), Riegler-Hagler (2002a), Savchenko, Heluta, Wasser & Nevo (2014d), Savchenko, Wasser, Heluta & Nevo (2019a), Scheuer & Bechter (2012a), Spooner & Butterfill (1999a), Termorshuizen & Swertz (2011a), Tomasi (2014a), Vanderweyen & Fraiture (2011a), Wilson & Henderson (1966a), Woods, Stringer, Evans & Chater (2015a).