Puccinia prostii. [Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria].
Abstract A description is provided for Puccinia prostii. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. DISEASE: Rust of Tulipa species only. HOSTS: Tulipa australis, T. biebersteiniana, T. florenskyi, T. julia, T. quercetorum, T. schmidtii, T. sylvestris, T. wilsoniana (Liliaceae). GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: AFRICA: [North Africa]. ASIA: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Pakistan, Palestine. EUROPE: France, Great Britain, Greece, Italy, Romania, Ukraine, former Yugoslavia. 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 bulbs of the infected plant.