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


13 May 2010 at OSGR: SU56 in Berks, England

Record SummaryHypophyllous uredia with a few telia on Sasa palmata
Found asTelia (III)
Date13 May 2010
Associated organismSasa palmata
OS grid refOSGR: SU56
Lat/Lon51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W
Vice CountyBerks, VC no: 22
CountryEngland
Voucher13 May 2010[A]
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Notes:

Uredia: pale rusty-brown, pustular, hypophyllous, covering the base of the leaf and often extending over half the leaf on heavily infected leaves.

Uredoparaphyses: <92/<12µm, hyaline, capitate, wall 2-4(6)µm at apex.

Telia: pale brown, pustular, hypophyllous.

Teliospores: 2-celled, narrow, thin-walled and pale brown under microscope, with extremely long pedicels (like a string), germinating, often with long beaks; some chestnut brown, thicker-walled spores also present.

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