Puccinia heucherae
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Puccinia heucherae symptoms on Heuchera (click on image to enlarge it)
Author(s): Bruce Watt, University of Maine
Source: IPM Images
Author(s): Bruce Watt, University of Maine
Source: IPM Images
Puccinia heucherae teliospores (click on image to enlarge it)
Author(s): Bruce Watt, University of Maine
Source: IPM Images
Author(s): Bruce Watt, University of Maine
Source: IPM Images
Puccinia heucherae (Schwein.) Dietel 1891
This fungus causes a rust disease of ornamental Heuchera and outbreaks can develop. It is known from North America and Asia. In Europe it has been reported from the U.K. since 2005 (Henricot et al., 2007). Only telia are produced by the fungus which form dark brown and two-celled teliospores with a pale conical papilla.
Publications covering Puccinia heucherae
Plant Pathology (2007) 56, p. 352 (Henricot et al.)
B. Henricot, G. Denton and C. Lane (2007)
First report of Puccinia heucherae on Heuchera spp. in the UK
Plant Pathology (2007) 56, 891-910
D.R. Jones and R.H.A. Baker (2007)
Introductions of non-native plant pathogens into Great Britain, 1970-2004
