Puccinia inermis
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Puccinia inermis is a stand fungal art from the order of the rust fungi (Pucciniales). The fungus is an endoparasite of an unspecified sunflower of the genus Eupatorium . Symptoms of the infestation by the species are rust spots and pustules on the leaf surfaces of the host plants. She is endemic to Costa Rica .
features
Macroscopic features
Puccinia inermis can only be recognized with the naked eye by means of the spore beds emerging on the surface of the host. They grow in nests that appear as yellowish to brown spots and pustules on the leaf surfaces.
Microscopic features
The mycelium of Puccinia inermis grows as with all Puccinia TYPES intercellular and forms Saugfäden that grow into the storage tissue of the host. Their spermogonia and aecia are not yet known. The uredia of the mushroom growing on the underside of the leaves are cinnamon brown. Their light yellow-brown uredospores are 23-25 × 26-29 µm in size, hemispherical and spiky. The parts of the species are undescribed. The golden-brown teliospores are two-celled, usually long ellipsoid, waisted and 31–37 × 24–26 µm in size. Their stem is colorless.
distribution
The known distribution area of Puccinia inermis only includes Costa Rica .
ecology
The host plant of Puccinia inermis is an indeterminate Eupatorium species. The fungus feeds on the nutrients present in the storage tissue of the plants, its spore beds later break through the leaf surface and release spores. The species goes through a development cycle of which only Telien and Uredien and their host are known so far; Spermogonia and Aecien could not be assigned to her.
literature
- George Baker Cummins : Rust Fungi on Legumes and Composites in North America . University of Arizona Press, Tucson 1978, ISBN 0-8165-0653-1 .