Uredo ulicis
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Uredo ulicis is a stand fungal art from the order of the rust fungi (Pucciniales). The fungus is an endoparasite of the gorse ( Ulex europaeus ). Symptoms of the infestation by the species are rust spots and pustules on the leaf surfaces of the host plants. It is common in southern and western Europe . Since only its secondary crop shape is knownso far, it is classified in the genus Uredo .
features
Macroscopic features
Uredo ulicis can only be recognized with the naked eye by means of 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 ulicis 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, usually growing on the underside of the host leaves and on thorns, are small and scattered. Their yellowish-brown uredospores are 20–36 × 18–26 µm in size, mostly spherical to pear-shaped and spiky. The parts of the species are unknown.
distribution
The known distribution area of Uredo ulicis includes the south and west of Europe .
ecology
The host plant of Uredo ulicis is the gorse ( Ulex europaeus ). 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
- Ernst Gäumann: The rust fungi of Central Europe. With special consideration of Switzerland . In: Contributions to the cryptogam flora in Switzerland . tape 12 . Commission publisher Buchdruckerei Büchler & Co, Bern 1959.