''Puccinia recondita'' is a mushroom species belonging to the order of
Pucciniales
Rusts are plant diseases caused by pathogenic fungi of the order Pucciniales (previously known as Uredinales).
An estimated 168 rust genera and approximately 7,000 species, more than half of which belong to the genus ''Puccinia'', are currently a ...
, family
Pucciniaceae
The Pucciniaceae are a family of rust fungi that cause plant diseases, mainly on cereals such as wheat. The family contains 20 genera and over 4900 species.
Genera
Genera in the Pucciniaceae include:
* '' Chrysella''
* '' Chrysocyclus''
* '' Ch ...
.
Description
This species occurs worldwide.
Biology
These fungi are
endoparasite
Parasitism is a close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or inside another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life. The entomologist E. O. Wilson has ...
s
plant pathogen
Plant pathology (also phytopathology) is the scientific study of diseases in plants caused by pathogens (infectious organisms) and environmental conditions (physiological factors). Organisms that cause infectious disease include fungi, oomyc ...
s mainly infecting
Balsaminaceae
The Balsaminaceae (commonly known as the balsam family) are a family (biology), family of dicotyledonous plants, comprising two genus, genera: ''Impatiens'', which consists of over 1000 species, and ''Hydrocera'', consisting of 1 species. The flo ...
,
Boraginaceae
Boraginaceae, the borage or forget-me-not family, includes about 2,000 species of shrubs, trees and herbs in 146, to 156 genera with a worldwide distribution.
The APG IV system from 2016 classifies the Boraginaceae as single family of the or ...
,
Hydrophyllaceae,
Ranunculaceae
Ranunculaceae (buttercup or crowfoot family; Latin "little frog", from "frog") is a family of over 2,000 known species of flowering plants in 43 genera, distributed worldwide.
The largest genera are ''Ranunculus'' (600 species), ''Delphinium' ...
and
Poaceae
Poaceae () or Gramineae () is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos and the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivated in lawns an ...
(especially wheat and rye).
Plant Hosts of Puccinia recondita
Symptoms of infestation are yellowish to brown spots and pustules on the leaf surfaces of the host plants.
*'' Puccinia recondita f.sp. tritici'' C.O. Johnson - causes brown rust in wheat and triticale;
*''Puccinia recondita f.sp. secalis'' Miedaner, Klocke, Flath, Geiger & Weber 2012 - causes brown rust of rye
In Iceland
Iceland ( is, Ísland; ) is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Arctic Ocean. Iceland is the most sparsely populated country in Europe. Iceland's capital and largest city is Reykjavík, which (along with its s ...
, ''Puccinia recondita'' ssp. ''borealis'' infects ''Agrostis canina
''Agrostis canina'', the velvety bentgrass, brown bent or velvet bent, is a species of grass in the family Poaceae.
Description
''Agrostis canina'' is a perennial plant, with stolons but no rhizomes, and culms which grow to a height of up t ...
'', ''Anthoxanthum odoratum
''Anthoxanthum odoratum'', known as sweet vernal grass, is a short-lived perennial grass that is native to acidic grassland in Eurasia and northern Africa. It is grown as a lawn grass and a house plant, due to its sweet scent, and can also be ...
'', ''Calamagrostis stricta
''Calamagrostis stricta'', known as slim-stem small reed grass or narrow small-reed, is a species of bunchgrass in the family Poaceae of the Holarctic Kingdom.
Description
General description
The species is perennial and caespitose with elong ...
'', ''Hierochloe odorata
''Hierochloe odorata'' or ''Anthoxanthum nitens'' (commonly known as sweet grass, manna grass, Mary’s grass or vanilla grass, and as holy grass in the UK, bison grass e.g. by Polish vodka producers) is an aromatic herb native to northern E ...
'' and '' Thalictrum alpinum''.
Gallery
File: Puccinia recondita f.sp. tritici on Triticum aestivum uredospores, Bruine roest op gewone tarwe uredosporen (1).jpg, Uredospores
File: Puccinia recondita f.sp. tritici on Triticum aestivum germinating uredospore, Bruine roest op gewone tarwe uredospore met kiembuis(1).jpg, Germinating uredospores
File: Puccinia recondita f.sp. tritici on Triticum aestivum, Bruine roest op gewone tarwe.jpg, Puccinia recondita f.sp. tritici on ''Triticum aestivum
Common wheat (''Triticum aestivum''), also known as bread wheat, is a cultivated wheat species. About 95% of wheat produced worldwide is common wheat; it is the most widely grown of all crops and the cereal with the highest monetary yield.
Ta ...
''
File:Puccinia recondita on Thalictrum flavum 2.jpg, ''Puccinia recondita'' on ''Thalictrum flavum
''Thalictrum flavum'', known by the common names common meadow-rue, poor man's rhubarb, and yellow meadow-rue,Peder Skou is a flowering plant species in the family Ranunculaceae. It is a native to Caucasus and Russia (Siberia). Growing to tall ...
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See also
* List of ''Puccinia'' species
Bibliography
*George Baker Cummins: The Rust Fungi of Cereals, Grasses and Bamboos. Springer, Berlin 1971, ISBN 3-540-05336-0.
References
External links
Index Species Fungorum
USDA ARS Fungal Database
Fungal plant pathogens and diseases
Rye diseases
Wheat diseases
recondita
Fungi described in 1857
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