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Urocystis tranzscheliana, a newly recorded smut fungus onPrimula sieboldii from Japan

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A smut fungus onPrimula sieboldii was newly found in Japan and identified asUrocystis tranzscheliana by comparative morphology. This species causes systemic infection ofP. sieboldii and produces sori in its ovaries.

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  1. Institute of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Tsukuba, 305, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

    Makoto Kakishima & Yuko Yamazaki

  2. Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 305, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

    Yasushi Okayama & Izumi Washitani

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  1. Makoto Kakishima
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Contribution No. 121, Laboratories of Plant Pathology and Mycology, Institute of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Tsukuba.

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Kakishima, M., Yamazaki, Y., Okayama, Y. et al. Urocystis tranzscheliana, a newly recorded smut fungus onPrimula sieboldii from Japan. Mycoscience 36, 239–241 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02268564

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