M. Scholler, PUCCINIA-LAGENOPHORAE, A RUST FUNGUS ORIGINATING FROM AUSTRALIA, NOW FOUND IN MECKLENBURG-VORPOMMERN, Zentralblatt fur Mikrobiologie, 148(3), 1993, pp. 223-228
Puccinia lagenophorae, a rust species originating from Australia and e
stablished in Europe since 1960 has been found for the first time in M
ecklenburg-Vorpommern on Senecio vulgaris and Calendula officinalis. T
he species is described in detail. Possible reasons for the sparse fin
dings of P. lagenophorae in the more continental climates of Europe we
re briefly discussed.