Comprehensive Description
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Melampsoropsis cassandrae (Peck & Clinton) Arth. Result. Sci. Congr
Bot. Vienne 338. 1906.
Uredo Cassandrae Peck & Clinton ; Peck, Ann. Rep. N. Y. State Mus. 30 : 54. 1879.
Caeoma Cassandrae Gobi, Scripta Bot. Hort. Univ. Petrop. 1 : 177. 1886.
Caeoma Cassandrae Rostr. Medd. Bot. For. KJ0b. 2 : 90. 1888.
Chrysomyxa Cassandrae Tranz. Trudi S. Peterb. Obshch. Est. Otd. Bot. 23 : 28. 1893.
O and I. Pycnia and aecia unknown.
Uredinia hypophyllous, in small groups, somewhat angular, flat, 0.25-0.5 mm. across, ruptured epidermis evident ; peridium inconspicuous, delicate ; urediniospores catenulate, broadly elliptical, irregular, 15-18 by 19-32 /* ; wall colorless, thin, 1-2 w, closely verrucose with somewhat deciduous tubercles ; contents orange.
- bibliographic citation
- Joseph Charles Arthur. 1907. UREDINALES; COLEOSPORIACEAE, UREDINACEAE, AECIDIACEAE (pars). North American flora. vol 7(2). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
Chrysomyxa cassandrae: Brief Summary
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Chrysomyxa cassandrae is a fungus that occurs throughout the North Temperate Zone wherever Chamaedaphne calyculata occurs, independent of host alternation. Aecial hosts include white spruce (Crane 2001).
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