Puccinia eremuri. [Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria].
Abstract A description is provided for Puccinia eremuri. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. DISEASE: Rust of Eremurus species only. HOSTS: Eremurus aitchisonii, E. altaicus, E. ambigens, E. anisopterus, E. bactrianus, E. brachystemon, E. comosus, E. fuscus, E. inderiensis, E. kaufmannii, E. korshinskyi, E. olgae, E. persicus, E. regelii, E. robustus, E. roseolus, E. spectabilis, E. stenophyllus, E. tianschanicus (Liliaceae). GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: ASIA: Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, India, Iran, Israel, Kazakhstan, Kirgizia, Pakistan, Tadzhikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan. EUROPE: Russia (Rostov), Ukraine. TRANSMISSION: No detailed studies have been reported; teliospores are presumably dispersed by air currents and then germinate to produce basidia with basidiospores, which re-infect the host plants; the fungus might also survive in roots and bulbs of the infected plant.