Puccinia pygmaea Eriksson, 1895
on Berberis
gall
Aecia hypophyllous, tiny (< 0.4 mm); peridium without clear, outwards curved, segments
At this stage P. brachypodii, poae-nemoralis, and pygmaea are indistinguishable.
spermogonia, aecia
Berberidaceae, narrowly oligophagous
Berberis polyantha, vulgaris, wilsoniae; Mahonia aquifolium.
teliospores (from Afshan & Khalid)
gall
telia and uredinia in rows between the veins. Uredinia mostly epiphyllous, orange brown, with many capitate paraphyses. Telia amphigenous, black, long covered by the epidermis; spores on a short pedicel, two-celled, top cell with the apical wall thickened.
uredinia, telia
Poaceae, oligophagous
Calamagrostis arundinacea, canescens, epigeios, pseudophragmites, varia, villosa.
Rarely also Agrostis capillaris, schraderiana (Klenke & Scholler).
synonyms
Puccinia ammophilina (Klebahn) Mains, 1939.
references
Afshan & Khalid (2009a), Bahçecioğlu & Kabaktepe (2012a), Brandenburger (1985a: 810), Buhr (1964b), Ellis & Ellis (1997a), Gäumann (1959a), Henderson (2000a, 2004a), Jage, Klenke, Kruse ao (2016a), Klenke & Scholler (2015a), Kozłowska, Mułenko & Heluta (2015a), Kruse (2014a, 2019a), Ludwig (1974a), Marková & Urban (1988a), Mayor (1967a), Mułenko, Sałata & Wołczańska (1995a), Poelt & Zwetko (1997a), Scholler & Schubert (1993a), Termorshuizen & Swertz (2011a), Vanderweyen & Fraiture (2011a), Wilson & Henderson (1966a), Woods, Stringer, Evans & Chater (2015a).