Puccinia vesiculosa Schlechtendal, 1820

on Anemone

gall

No host plant alternation, only telia. Telia amphigenous, on yellowed leaf spots, small but confluent to several mm large groups, initially covered by the epidermis, eventually rupturing and then blackish brown and pulverulent; no paraphyses. Teliospores oval, two-celled; wall smooth, uniform in thickness; pedicel hyaline, short, deciduous.

hostplants

Ranunculceae, monophagous

Anemonastrum narcissiflorum.

synonyms

Puccinia scheliana von Thümen, 1880.

notes

the blackish brown powdery groups of telia may easily lead to confusion with Urocystis anemones.

references

Brandenburger (1985a), Gäumann (1959a), Klenke & Scholler (2015a), Poelt & Zwetko (1997a).