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I have been studying a collection of Puccinia vincae this evening and just wanted to say that I agree the teliospores look like peanuts. You provided me with the motivation to fiddle around with oil immersion and a bit of focus-stacking, so I thought I would share the result

I think I also have Tuberculina sbrozzii parasitising my collection of Puccinia vincae. I’ve posted photos and micrographs here: https://misidentifyingfungi.blogspot.com/2023/04/rusty-threefer.html” class=”bbcode_url”>https://misidentifyingfungi.blogspot.com/2023/04/rusty-threefer.html

I’ve never heard of Tuberculina sbrozzii before and I haven’t found much about it via the old ‘Google search’ technique. Can I record my collection as such? Or have I stumbled into something that’s more complicated than I’ve bargained for?

[__clare__]

Hi Paul, how interesting! And what a helpful answer. Thank you. Fascinated to hear about this distinction between biotrophic / necrotropic modes of nutrition. I only just recently started getting into rusts & smuts and they really blow my mind.

I will put the record into FRDBI2, as you suggest.

Thanks again! I appreciate the explanations, as well as the ID advice. Clare

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Hello, I keep popping back to this board as it is such a useful source of information. Many thanks to everyone who’s shared references and links.

This is my first time posting on UK Fungi, as I’ve only just registered. But I thought some folks here might be interested in an idea I had to start a Mycological Book Club, over on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MycoBookClub. The first book we’ll be reading is ‘Rust, Smut, Mildew & Mould’ by M. C. Cooke (5th edition, 1886).

You guys will probably understand better than anyone why I chose this book – because it’s such a great read! Plus it’s about rusts & smuts which are so interesting! And, as it’s available for free from the Biodiversity Heritage Library (here: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/22666#page/7/mode/1up), I figured it would be easy for people to get hold of, during this period of lockdown.

I haven’t attempted anything like this before, so I’m not sure if it’s going to work. But the basic idea is for people to log onto Twitter at 7:30 pm on Tuesday 5 May and chat about the book, using the hashtag #MycoBookClub. All welcome!

Clare (@__clare__ on Twitter)

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