Puccinia sardonensis Gäumann, 1945
on Callianthemum
gall
spermogonia epiphyllous. Aecia hypophyllous, orange, cupulate with recurved peridium segments, in dense groups on the midrib, petiole and stem on discoloured, somewhat swollen spots.
spermogonia, aecia
Ranunculaceae, polyphagous
Callianthemum angustifolium, coriandrifolium.
on Anthoxanthum, Helictochloa
gall
uredinia orange, amphigenous. up to 1 mm long, on discoloured spots; no paraphyses. Urediniospores with 5-7 distributed germination pores. Between the spores almost colourless distinctly capitate paraphyses. Telia amphigenous, blackish brown, often fusing into black crusts, long covered by the epidermis, divided into compartments by rows of paraphyses. Teliospores inverted cone-shaped, 2-celled; the wall is smooth, thin except in the flattened tip. Pedicel very short.
host plants
Poaceae, oligophagous
Anthoxanthum alpinum; Helictochloa versicolor.
synonyms
several authors and also the Index Fungorum (2016), consider this species conspecific with P. recondita.
notes
high-alpine species.
references
Brandenburger (1985: 825), Gäumann (1959a), Hafellner (1980a), Klenke & Scholler (2015a).