BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
Melampsora populnea (Pers.) P. Karst., 1879 (Dog’s Mercury / Pine / Poplar Rust)
| Date: | 19 April 2007 |
| Location: | Berks, England |
| Voucher: | 19/04/2007[G] (Please quote this in any queries about this record) |
| State: | Aecia (I) |
| Record Summary: | Pycnia, surrounded by aecia on green parts of Dog's Mercury |
| Associated organism: | on live green parts of Mercurialis perennis |
| Identification Notes: | Aecia on leaf, stem and flower. Aeciospores: yellow, spherical to ovoid or ellipsoid, 19-30/17-20.5µm, finely and densely verruculose. Peridial cells: inflated, with thick, granular walls and yellowish contents. |
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Infected plant - black background | 341 by 500 pixels | ||
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Infected plant - black background | 446 by 500 pixels | ||
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Infected plant - in situ | 500 by 333 pixels | ||
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Infected plant - in situ | 415 by 500 pixels | ||
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Pycnia - on leaf upper surface - magnified | 500 by 391 pixels | ||
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Aeciospores - profile view - magnified | 500 by 362 pixels | ||
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Aeciospores - surface view - magnified | 500 by 375 pixels | ||
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Aeciospores and peridial cells - magnified | 500 by 430 pixels | ||
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Aeciospores and peridial cells - magnified | 500 by 382 pixels | ||
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Aeciospores and peridial cells - profile view - magnified | 500 by 227 pixels | ||
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Aeciospores and peridial cells - profile view - magnified | 500 by 329 pixels | ||
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Aeciospores and peridial cells - surface view - magnified | 500 by 269 pixels | ||
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Aeciospores and peridial cells - surface view - magnified | 500 by 335 pixels | ||
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Pycnium squash prep - magnified | 500 by 312 pixels | ||
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Pycnium squash prep - magnified | 500 by 333 pixels |
