Puccinia galiiuniversa, a new caricicolous rust fungus systemically inhabiting Galium aparine in its spermogonial–aecial stage》.pdf

m y c o s c i e n c e 5 5 ( 2 0 1 4 ) 8 9 e9 7 Available online at journal homepage: www.el /locate/myc Full paper Puccinia galiiuniversa, a new caricicolous rust fungus systemically inhabiting Galium aparine in its spermogonialeaecial stage5 Izumi Okane a,*, Yuichi Yamaoka a, Makoto Kakishima a, Junichi Peter Abe a, Kazuo Obata b a Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8572, Japan b Ibaraki Nature Museum, 700 Osaki, Bando, Ibaraki 306-0622, Japan a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: Field observations and inoculation experiments revealed that spermogonia and aecia Received 16 December 2012 produced on systemically infected plants of Galium aparine and uredinia and telia on Carex Received in revised form maackii are different stages of the life cycle of a Puccinia fungus. By comparative 27 May 2013 morphology with allied species, the fungus was concluded to be a new species and named Accepted 30 May 2013 as Puccinia galiiuniversa. Available online 9 July 2013 ª 2013 The Mycological Society of Japan. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. Keywords: Cyperaceae Life cycle Rubiaceae Rust fungus Taxonomy 1. Introduction was collected on Carex maackii Maxim, in the same riparian vegetation. Systemically infected plants of Galium aparine L. [¼ G. spurium Seventy-two caricicolous rusts have been reported in Japan L. var. echinospermon (Wallr.) Hay