Uredo toetoe
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Uredo toetoe is a stand fungal art from the order of the rust fungi (Pucciniales). The fungus is an endoparasite of the sweet grass Arundo conspicua . Symptoms of the infestation by the species are rust spots and pustules on the leaf surfaces of the host plants. She is endemic to Bolivia . Since only its secondary crop shape is knownso far, it is classified in the genus Uredo .
features
Macroscopic features
Uredo toetoe can only be recognized with the naked eye from the spore beds protruding 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 Uredo toetoe grows as with all Uredo TYPES intercellular and forms Saugfäden that grow into the storage tissue of the host. The spermogonia and aecia of the species are not known. The uredia of the fungus growing on the top of the host leaves and fescue are cinnamon brown. Their likewise cinnamon-brown uredospores are 27–32 × 23–28 µm in size, mostly broad ellipsoid and spiny. The parts of the species are unknown.
distribution
The known distribution area of Uredo toetoe only includes New Zealand .
ecology
The host plant of Uredo toetoe is Arundo conspicua . 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 presumably macrocyclical development cycle with Spermogonia, Aecien, Uredien and Telien. Due to the lack of aecia and spermogonia, it is not possible to determine whether it changes host .
literature
- George Baker Cummins: The Rust Fungi of Cereals, Grasses and Bamboos . Springer, Berlin et al. 1971, ISBN 3-540-05336-0 .