Observation 68857: Puccinia monoica Arthur
When: 2011-06-09
Collection location: Yuba Pass, Tahoe National Forest, Sierra Co., California, USA [Click for map]
No specimen available
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| User’s votes are weighted by their contribution to the site (log10 contribution). In addition, the user who created the observation gets an extra vote. | |||||||||
| Vote | Score | Weight | Users | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I’d Call It That | 3.0 | 12.05 | 2 | (darv,Alan Rockefeller) | |||||
| Promising | 2.0 | 0.00 | 0 | ||||||
| Could Be | 1.0 | 0.00 | 0 | ||||||
| Doubtful | -1.0 | 0.00 | 0 | ||||||
| Not Likely | -2.0 | 0.00 | 0 | ||||||
| As If! | -3.0 | 0.00 | 0 | ||||||
| Overall Score sum(score * weight) / (total weight + 1) |
2.77 | 92.33% | |||||||
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Interesting!
By: damon brunette (damonbrunette)
2011-06-10 16:10:58 CDT (-0400)
Pseudoflower
By: Darvin DeShazer (darv)
2011-06-10 14:22:09 CDT (-0400)
This is a rust that deforms the host and makes pseudoflowers out of the leaves. This tricks insects to try and pollinate the fake flowers and they actually move the fungal gametes to the next plant to complete the sexual cycle of the rust.
A better photo and more info at wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puccinia_monoica