SCIENTIFIC NAME: PUCCINIA AEGOPODII
VERNACULAR NAME: GROUND ELDER RUST

Fig 1
DESCRIPTION

1 - 5cm in diameter.  Pale yellowish-white areas erupt into a myriad of chocolate-coloured lesions that bear the teliospores.

SPORES Teliospores brown, divided into 2 areas, thick walled, somewhat similar to distorted, elongated barrels. (Link)
HABITAT On the leaves of Ground Elder.
SEASON Frequent. May to July.

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