Uromyces phacae-frigidae (Wahlenberg) Hariot, 1893
on Astragalus
gall
on Astragalus
gall
No host plant alternation. The fungus is systemic, causing large parts of a plant to have a diseased, pale aspect. Aecia hypophyllous, many together, peridium white, frayed. No uredinia. Telia brown, hypophyllous or amphigenous. Teliospores one-celled, thin-walled with a low apical papilla and a short, deciduous pedicel.
host plants
Fabaceae, monophagous
Astragalus frigidus.
references
Brandenburger (1985a: 278), Buhr (1964b), Gäumann (1959a), Klenke & Scholler (2015a).