Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

Puccinia urticae-umbrosae

Puccinia urticae-umbrosae Hasler, 1945

on Urtica

gall

see Puccinia urticata.

spermogonia, aecia

Urticaceae,
monophagous

Urtica dioica.


on Carex

gall

uredinia light brown, amphigenous, often on small yellowish spots. Urediniospores with (2)3(4) equatorial germination pores. Telia up to 1 mm, blackish brown, amphigenous. Teliospores 2-celled; wall smooth, apicaly thickened; pedicel persistent, honey-coloured, up to half as long as the spore; the spores do not fall off.

uredinia, telia

Cyperaceae, narrowly monophagous

Carex umbrosa.

synonyms

see note under P. urticata.

references

Brandenburger (1985a), Buhr (1965a), Gäumann (1959a), Klenke & Scholler (2015a), Termorshuizen & Swertz (2011a).

Last modified 9.viii.2018