Author | Kurkela, T., Hanso, M & Hantula, J. | ||||||||||||||||||
Year | 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||
Title | Differentiating characteristics between Melampsoridium rusts infecting birch and alder leaves | ||||||||||||||||||
Type | Paper | ||||||||||||||||||
Source | Mycologia Vol 91 (6): 987-922. | ||||||||||||||||||
Illustrations | Half-tone photomicrographs | ||||||||||||||||||
Review (by Malcolm Storey) | DNA analysis in Finland and Estonia showed the rusts on birches were different from those on alders. The birch rusts were all Melampsoridium betulinum, and differed from those on alder which morphologically resembled the Asian/American M. hiratsukanum. There are morphological differences in uredospore size, shape and ornamentation:
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Notes & Purpose | Status | Taxon | English | Classification |
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For identification | Current | Melampsoridium betulinum | Birch Rust | Fungi: Pucciniales: Pucciniastraceae |
For identification | Current | Melampsoridium hiratsukanum | Alder Rust | Fungi: Pucciniales: Pucciniastraceae |
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