Sighting 4624915
Uredo spyridii
A rust fungus at Uriarra Village, ACT
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| Uredo spyridii | MichaelMulvaney | 5 Dec 2024 | |
| Rust fungus | KenT | 4 Dec 2024 |
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User's notes
This is the rust fungus Uredo spyridii found in this case on Pomaderris aspera, it has also been recorded from Spyridium parvifolium. A description of Uredo spyridii is given in D.McAlpine Rusts of Australia 1906 Dept of Agriculture Victoria. Description P204, Illustration Plate XXVIII fig 245. It seems to only have been found producing uredospores. There are three previous reports shown on ALA of it from the ACT (records from NSW Primary Industries herbarium. Spores are produced in abundance on both sides of the leaf. Microscope images show the uredospores, the last image shows the leaf surface.
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Location information
- Coordinates 148.814750-35.369861
- Maps Namadgi National Park
- Places Uriarra Village, ACT
Sighting information
- 101 - 1,000 Abundance
- 22 Nov 2024 11:13 AM Recorded on
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Collections
- Fungi Fungal galls, other rusts, leaf spots, etc Other rusts, leaf spots, sooty moulds KenT Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Uredo spyridii
Species information
- Uredo spyridii Scientific name
- A rust fungus Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
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