Aizoago Vánky

Type

Aizoago tetragoniae Vánky & R.G. Shivas on Tetragonia diptera F. Muell.

Description

Sori on vegetative parts and fruits of plants in Aizoaceae, bullate, filled with a dark, semi-agglutinated mass of spores. Columella and sterile cells absent.

Spores solitary, pigmented (yellowish brown, no violet or reddish tint), ornamented and covered by a thick sheath.

Species in Australia
 
Aizoago tetragoniae
Aizoago tetragonioides

Key based on host taxonomy
 
On Tetragonia1
1.  Spores sheath 3–11 µm thick, 17–28 muri on the spore circumferenceAizoago tetragoniae
Spores sheath 1.5–4 µm thick, 28–36 muri on the spore circumferenceAizoago tetragonioides
   
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