Uromyces ficariae. [Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria].
Abstract A description is provided for Uromyces ficariae. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. DISEASE: Rust of Ficaria species only. HOSTS: Ficaria verna (Ranunculaceae). GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: ASIA: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Republic of Georgia, Iran. EUROPE: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia (Karelia Republic, Leningrad, Moscow, North Ossetia Republic, Rostov, Voronezh, Vyatka), Sweden, Switzerland, 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 rhizomes of the infected plant.