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Bullaria rubricans (Holway) Arthur & Mains
Puccinia rubricans Holway, Jour. Myc. 10: 165. 1904.
Pycnia hypophyllous, crowded in circular groups 1-1.5 mm. across, noticeable, yellowish or whitish, globoid, 110-130 p in diameter; ostiolar filaments up to 90 p long.
II. Uredinia of the primary form circinating about the pycnia upon brilliant red spots, 0.2-0.7 mm. in diameter, otherwise similar to the secondary form; secondary uredinia mostly hypophyllous, scattered, causing smaller reddish discolorations, circular or oval, 0.2-0.8 mm. across, somewhat tardily naked, cinnamon-brown, ruptured epidermis noticeable; urediniospores of both forms broadly ellipsoid or globoid, 32-35 by 34-43 p; wall pale golden-brown, very thick, 4-7 p, sometimes showing a thin outer colorless layer, 1 p or less, sparsely and prominently echinulate, the pores 4, equatorial, rather indistinct.
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Joseph Charles Arthur, Edwin Butter worth Mains, Guy Richard Bisby, Herbert Spencer Jackson. 1922. (UREDINALES); AECIDIACEAE (continuatio); BULLARIA, TELEUTOSPORA, MICROPUCCINIA (pars). North American flora. vol 7(7). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
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