Image of Puccinia lycoctoni

Description:

Habitat: tall alpine herb fields, among bushes, near Fagus sylvatica wood-side in an Alpine valley, southeast oriented, partly sunny, fully exposed to precipitations, precipitations ~3.000 mm/year, average temperature 5-7 deg C, elevation 1.280 m (4.200 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. Substratum: leaves of Aconitum lycoctonum ssp. ranunculifolium. - Comment: Determination not 100% certain. Could also be one of the members of Puccinia recondita aggregat. Puccinia lycoctoni can be found exclusively on Aconitum leaves and has no changing host. Many thanks for determination and shearing knowledge to Andreas Gminder, Irene Andersson and Gerhard Koller from MushroomObserver.org.