Pileolaria azerii (Uredinales), a new rust species from Turkey

Elsad Hüseyin & Faruk Selçuk

Sydowia 68: 1–6

Published online on May 30th, 2016

A new species of the rust genus Pileolaria was found on living leaves of Rhus coriaria in the Bursa Province of Turkey. It is described as Pileolaria azerii, illustrated and compared with allied species. With its character combination of small urediniospores, rugose teliospores and a rather long pedicel Pileolaria azerii differes from any other Pileolaria species known on Rhus.

Keywords: Rust fungi, Basidiomycota, Pileolariaceae, new taxon, Bursa.

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