Rust, Smut, Mildew, & Mould: An Introduction to the Study of Microscopic FungiCooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt)
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Rust, Smut, Mildew, & Mould: An Introduction to the Study of Microscopic Fungi
Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt)
Phytopathogenic fungi -- Great Britain
It is unnecessary here to refer to other allied species of _Æcidium_,
except one to be presently noticed, since we have, at the end of the
volume, enumerated and given descriptions of all the species hitherto
found in Britain. Suffice it to say that the Buckthorn cluster-cups on
the alder buckthorn (_Rhamnus frangula_), is usually very common in the
Highgate and Hornsey woods, and on the common buckthorn (_Rhamnus
catharticus_) in the neighbourhood of Dartford, in Kent. That on the
honeysuckle we have found but very rarely. On the gooseberry and
red-currant leaves, commonly in some years and rarely in others; whilst
a few of those described we have never collected. The species on
different composite plants is subject to great variation, and on most
may be found in the autumn; one variety only, on the leaves of _Lapsana
communis_, we have met with in the spring.
Very few years ago farmers generally believed that the cluster-cups of
the berberry (_Berberis vulgaris_), were productive of mildew in corn
grown near them; this opinion even received the support of Sir J. Banks,
but no fungi can be much more distinct than those found on corn crops
and this species on the leaves of the berberry. In this instance the
cups are much elongated, and cylindrical, the clusters vary much in
size, and the spots on the upper surface of the leaf are reddish,
bright, and distinct. The teeth are white and brittle, and the orange
spores copious (Plate I. figs. 7-9).
There are scarcely any of the epiphyllous fungi forming equally handsome
or interesting objects for low powers of the microscope, than the genus
to which attention has just been directed; and they possess the
advantage of being readily found, for that locality must be poor indeed
which cannot furnish six species during the year. We have found half of
the number of described species within little more than walking distance
of the metropolis, within a period of little more than three months, and
should be glad to hear of the occurrence of any of the rest.
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