Thursday, 11 April 2019

Another rust


Walking through Hoe Wood, I noticed the Lords-And-Ladies Arum maculatum were dotted with pale orange spots.

Looking under the leaves, I spotted tell-tale signs of another rust fungus from the genus Puccinia. Forming circular pustules at first, then bursting out into a ring of cup-shaped aecia.


Ellis & Ellis (1997) lists only one Puccinia species on Arum: Puccinia sessilis.

For the record
Date: 11/04/2019
Location: Hoe Wood [private site]


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