Puccinia longissima Schröter, 1879

on Kalanchoe, Sedum

gall

Aecia yellowish, amphigenous, pustulate, opening by a small pore. Infected shoots mostly are malformed.

spermogonia, aecia

Crassulaceae, oligophagous

Kalanchoe globulifera, laciniata; Hylotelephium maximum, telephium; Sedum acre, aizoon, album, caespitosum, montanum, pruinatum, ochroleucum, rupestre, sediforme, sexangulare.

on Koeleria, Rostraria

Puccinia longissima: teliospores, urediniospores

Rostraria cristata, from González Fragoso (1924a): teliospores and urediniospores

gall

Uredinia yellowish brown, in rows or small groups between the veins;spores, spores 23-26 x 25-29 µm, with 9-12 not easy visible germination pores. Telia like the uredinia but long covered by the epidermis, warm chestnut brown. Teliospores 2-celled, rather irregular in shape; pedicel rather thick, hyaline, persistent.

uredinia, telia

Poaceae, narrowly oligophagous

Koeleria crassipes, glauca, macrantha, pyramidata, vallesiana; Rostraria cristata.

references

Brandenburger (1985a: 213, 816), Buhr (1965a), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Ellis & Ellis (1997a), Gäumann (1959a), González Fragoso (1924a), Henderson (2000a, 2004a), Klenke & Scholler (2015a), Poelt & Zwetko (1997a), Termorshuizen & Swertz (2011a), Tomasi (2012a, 2014a), Tóth (1994a), Vanderweyen & Fraiture (2011a), Wilson & Henderson (1966a).