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Puccinia sp.
Puccinia fungus on the underside of a leaf of Thapsia villosa. Puccinia is a genus of fungi. All species in this genus are obligate plant pathogens and are known as rusts
Pine forest. Dehesa de Valdelatas
Spotted on May 8, 2012
Submitted on Jun 10, 2012
5 Comments
Definitely, it is a puccinia, but it is difficult to find out which one
Thanks Ashish, thanks for the suggestions, it is a bit difficult. I am looking at different rusts like puccinia
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/103...
and Gymnosporangium
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/116...
but no succes yet. I found that Puccinia castellana infects Thapsia villosa but I could find no image
Check is this match your spotting...?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erysiphales...
Angel..
Here is Group of parasitic Fungi developes on green plants..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascomycota
Look to be Aphids(nymph stage of planthoppers) and their eggs. Category must be Arthropods.