Hemileia vastatrix Berk. & Broome
Description
Uredinia on lower leaf surface, occasionally on both leaf surfaces, suprastomatal, erumpent, round, emerging through stomata, densly scattered, up to 25 mm when aggregated, yellow when young, turning hyaline to subhyaline with age.
Urediniospores reniform to subpolyhedrally irregular, apex obtuse, hyaline, 22-36 × 18-28 µm; wall 1-1.5 µm thick, verrucose on convex face, smooth on the straight or concave face.
Telia on lower leaf surface, formed from uredinia, suprastomatal, erumpent, dome-shaped, white.
Teliospores globose to irregular, apex rounded, hyaline, 16-25 × 19-22 µm; wall 1 µm thick, smooth.
Specimens cited in description:
- BRIP 54139 (collected in East Timor).
Hosts
Host family:
- Rubiaceae
Host species:
- Coffea arabica
Distribution
Philippines |
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 Hemileia vastatrix on Coffea arabica. |
 Urediniospores of Hemileia vastatrix on Coffea arabica - BRIP 54139. Scale bar = 10 µm. |
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