Puccinia longicornis Pat. & Har., (a bamboo rust)


13 Mar 2007 at OSGR: TQ16 in Surrey, England

Record Summary?xenophagous telia on Thamnocalamus tesselatus (a bamboo)
Found asTelia (III)
Date13 March 2007
Associated organismThamnocalamus tesselatus
OS grid refOSGR: TQ16
Lat/Lon51° 20’ N, 0° 20’ W
Vice CountySurrey, VC no: 17
CountryEngland
Voucher13 Mar 2007[B]
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Notes:

Telia: a few isolated cushions, 1 or 2 per leaf, dark brown, soft, 0.45mm diam.

Teliospores: smooth, brown, beaked to rostrate, 1-septate, 50-82/15.4-22µm, often with long (≤140µm) pedicel, some germinating (after a week in storage).

Aseptate and malformed teliospores: rare, brown, smooth, thick-walled, spherical to ovoid, 23-27/23-33µm, extreme forms approaching appearance of paraphyses.

Telial paraphyses: spathulate-tipped, almost hyaline, tips 23-26µm diam., thin-walled and tearing when mounted.

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