BioImages (UK) BIOTA (living things) Eukaryota (eukaryotes) FUNGI SS. (true fungi) BASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers) UREDINIOMYCETES (urediniomycete fungi) UREDINALES (rust fungi) PUCCINIASTRACEAE (a family of rust fungi) Pucciniastrum (a genus of rust fungi) Pucciniastrum epilobii (Willowherb Rust) Record Pucciniastrum epilobii is also a member of: Micromycetes Fungi sl. Lower Plants (via Fungi ss.)

BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK) Pucciniastrum epilobii G.H. Otth, 1861 (Willowherb Rust) Date: 27 June 2007 OS grid ref: SU56 Lat/Lon: 51° 20' N, 1° 10' W Location: Vice County: Berks, VC22, England Voucher: 27/06/2007[B] (Please quote this in any queries about this record) Stage or state: Uredia (II) Record Summary: on willow herb Associated organism: on underside live leaf of Epilobium Identification Notes: Uredia punctiform with apical pore, hypophyllous, in patches, eventually covering much of leaf underside; occasionally in lines along base of inflorescence branches. Leaf upper surface with faded yellowish, unbounded spots above. Uredospores: echinulate, clavate to amygdaliform or ellipsoid, 18-26/13-14µm, with yellow granular contents, hyaline in some uredia. Telia: pale brown, subepidermal in brown spots. Images standard photographs and close-ups macro-photographs microscope photographs << Click on a thumbnail

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