Puccinia symphyti-bromorum Müller, 1901
on Boraginaceae
Symphytum officinale, Hungary, Mosonmagyaróvár, 4.v.2016 © László Érsek
detail of the upper side, with spermogonia
underside
under side aecia
gall
spermogonia mostly epiphyllous. Aecia hypophyllous, also on petioles, stems and calyces, cupulate, in dense circles.
spermogonia, aecia
Boraginaceae, oligophagous
Alkanna tinctoria; Anchusa capensis, officinalis, undulata & subsp. granatensis; Borago officinalis, pygmaea, trabutii; Brunnera macrophylla; Cynoglottis barrelieri; Lyccopsis arvensis; Nonea erecta, lutea, rosea, versicolor, vesicaria; Omphalodes kuzinskyanae; Pentaglottis sempervirens; Pulmonaria angustifolia, australis, mollis, montana, obscura, officinalis, saccharata; Symphytum asperrimum, brachycalyx, bulbosum, cordatum, officinale, orientale, tuberosum.
on Bromus s.l.
Anisantha rubens, uit González Fragoso (1924a), section through part of a telium, divided by paraphysen
gall
uredinia brown, up to half a mm long stripes dispersed on (mainly) the upper side of the leaves, occasionally covering the entire surface. Urediniospores spinulose, with 4-6 germination pores. Telia on the underside of the leaves and on the leaf sheaths, less than a mm large, covered by the epidermis, divided into small compartments by rows of brown paraphyses. Teliospores 2-celled, slender-conical, narrowed towards the pedicel; wall smooth, thickened near the tip; pedicel short, persistent.
uredinia, telia
Poaceae, narrowly oligophagous
Anisantha madritensis, rigida, rubens, sterilis, tectorum; Bromopsis benekenii, cappadocica, erecta, inermis, ranosa; Bromus brachystachys, briziformis, bromoideus, grossus, hordeaceus, intermedius, japonicus, lanceolatus, lepidus, racemosus, scoparius, secalinus; Ceratochloa carinata, cathartica.
synonyms
many authors, including Termorshuizen & Swertz, and also the Index Fungorum (2016), consider this species conspecific with P. recondita.
parasite
references
Brandenburger (1985a: 752), Gäumnn (1959a), Gönczö & Révay (1981a), González Fragoso (1924a), Klenke & Scholler (2015a), Kruse (2019a), Losa España (1942a), Losa Quintana & Gimenez (1979a), Termorshuizen & Swertz (2011a), Tomasi (2003a), Tóth (1994a), Unamuno (10941a, 1942a), Zwetko & Blanz (2012a).