Puccinia major Dietel, 1894
on Crepis

Crepis paludosa, England, Vice County: Mid-west Yorkshire, VC64: group of aecia, a few spermogonia in the centre; © Malcolm Storey, BioImages
gall
No host plant alternation. Spermogonia between the aecia. Aecia hypophyllous in circular groups, cupulate, yellow with recurved margin, on yellow spots, also on veins and petioles. Uredinia amphigenous, pulverulent, cinnamon brown, appearing after the aecia, also often on yellow spots. Urediniospores 19-21 x 19-26 µm, with 2 ± equatorial pores, not capped by a papilla. Telia as the uredinia but blackish brown; spores 21-33 x 28-48 µm, two-celled, finely verrucose, on short, hyaline pedicels.
host plants
Asteraceae, narrowly monophagous
Crepis paludosa, pantocsekii.
references
Bahçecioğlu & Kabaktepe (2012a), Blumer (1946a), Brandenburger (1985a: 681), Buhr (1964b), Doppelbaur (1968a, 1973a), Ellis & Ellis (1997a), Gäumann (1959a), González Fragoso (1924a), Henderson (2000a, 2004a), Jage, Scholler & Klenke (2010a), Kruse (2019a), Losa España (1942a), Marková & Urban (1988a), Negrean (1996b), Poelt & Zwetko (1997a), Preece & Hick (1994a), Redfern & Shirley (2011a), Ruszkiewicz-Michalska (2006a), Schmid-Heckel (1985a), Termorshuizen & Swertz (2011a), Tomasi (2012a), Vanderweyen & Fraiture (2011a), Wilson & Henderson (1966a), Woods, Stringer, Evans & Chater (2015a).