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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 ...

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 ...

Hello. My first fungus identification post :)

I got some new bits for my microscope today, so have spent the day looking at what I could find: a rust on Sweet Vernal-grass (Anthoxanthum odoratum) from my garden. Had to get some help from an ecologist friend on the grass identification, but the ...

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 ...