Puccinia schirajewskii Tranzschel, 1911

on Klasea, Rhaponticum, Serratula

gall

No host plant alternation; aecia are missing. Spermogonia on yellow spots. Uredinia and telia hypophyllous, pulverulent, light and blackish brown, respectively. Urediniospores 17-21 x 24-32 µm with 3 equatorial germination pores. Teliospores 22-28 x 31-41 µm, elliptic, 2-celled, verruculose; pedicel deciduous.

host plants

Asteraceae, narrowly oligophagous

Klasea bulgarica, cerinthifolia, lycopifolia, radiata; Rhaponticum centauroides; Serratula coronata, tinctoria.

synonyms

is sometimes taken as a variety of P. hieracii.

references

Bahçecioğlu & Kabaktepe (2012a), Brandenburger (1985a: 671), Buhr (1964b), Gäumann (1959a), Klenke & Scholler (2015a).