Puccinia poarum

Puccinia • Pucciniales • Pucciniomycetes • Basidiomycota • fungi • plant diseases • pests-diseases-weeds

aecia of Puccinia poarum on Tussilago (click on image to enlarge it)
Author: Willem N. Ellis
Source: Plant Parasites of Europe

Puccinia poarum P. Nielsen 1877 - (bluegrass rust)

This fungus is widely distributed and causes rust diseases on grasses and coltsfoot. Orange-yellow uredinia are formed on infected grasses like those of the genera Poa, Agrostis or Festuca. Some cultivars are resistant against the rust. Telia are black and produce two-celled teliospores. The aecial hosts are coltsfoot (Tussilago and Petasites).

Publications covering Puccinia poarum

Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection (2008) 115, 167-171
B. Vozenílková, J. Marková, F. Klimes, J. Kvet and Z. Masková (2008)
The influence of mountain meadow management on the occurrence of Puccinia perplexans Plow.

Journal of Phytopathology - Phytopathologische Zeitschrift (2001) 149, 83-89
E. Czembor and U. Feuerstein (2001)
Preliminary observations on resistance to rust diseases of Kentucky bluegrass ecotypes from Poland