Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

Puccinia polygoni-vivipari

Puccinia polygoni-vivipari Karsten, 1882

on Anglica

gall

Spermogonia in small groups, sometine virtually absent. Aecia rather large, pustulate, permanently covered by the epidermis; the spores are released through a pore.

spermogonia, aecia

Apiaceae, oligophagous

Angelica sylvestris; Astrantia minor.


on Bistorta

Puccinia polygoni-vivipari: teliospores

Bistorta vivipara, from González Fragoso (1924a): teliospores

gall

uredinia and telia hypophyllous. uredinia rust coloured; spores elliptic, 18-25 x 20-24 µm, ± 5 pores. Telia dark brown, soon naked, then pulverulent; spores two-celled, 14-18 x 20-18 µm, with some length lines of fine warts; germination pores not covered by a papilla.

uredinia, telia

Polygonaceae, narrowly monophagous

Bistorta vivipara.

synonyms

Puccinia astrantiae-vivipari Semadeni, 1906.

references

Blumer (1946a), Brandenburger (1985a: 84 85, 422, 428), Buhr (1964b), Gäumann (1959a), González Fragoso (1924a), Jage, Scholler & Klenke (2010a), Klenke & Scholler (2015a), Kruse (2019a), Mułenko, Sałata & Wołczańska (1995a), Termorshuizen & Swertz (2011a).

Last modified 18.viii.2019