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Coleosporium tussilaginis (Pers.) Lév., 1849 (a rust fungus)

Date: 19 October 1999
Location: Berks, England
Voucher: 19/10/1999[C]
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State: Uredinia (II)
Record Summary: on Coltsfoot leaves
Associated organism: under living leaves of Tussilago farfara
Identification Notes: Uredinia (yellowish orange) and telia (reddish orange).
There were also powery red deposits of spores of Itersonilia perplexans? many of which germinated to form a short hypha ending in a single spore.

Images etc

magnified photograph Leaf with heavy infection - underside 72 Kb 467 by 411 pixels
magnified photograph Leaf with mild infection - upperside - close-up 500 by 320 pixels
magnified photograph Leaf with mild infection - upperside 33 Kb 449 by 404 pixels
magnified photograph Leaf with mild infection - underside - close-up 500 by 361 pixels
magnified photograph Leaf with mild infection - underside 50 Kb 459 by 405 pixels
magnified photograph Uredinia (orange) and telia (red, under the tomentum) 500 by 401 pixels
magnified photograph Uredinia (orange), with telia (red) hiding under the tomentum 500 by 401 pixels
magnified photograph Uredinia (orange) 38 Kb 399 by 350 pixels
magnified photograph Uredinia - heavy infection on leaf 500 by 401 pixels
microscope photograph Developing teliospore - magnified 23 Kb 294 by 427 pixels
microscope photograph Uredospores - surface ornamentation - highly magnified 500 by 231 pixels
microscope photograph Uredospores - surface view - magnified 43 Kb 471 by 427 pixels
microscope photograph Uredospores - two levels of focus - magnified 25 Kb 445 by 300 pixels

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