Puccinia solidipes H. S. Jacks. & Holw. 1918

Bullaria solidipes (Jackson & Holway) Arthur & Mains
Puccinia solidipes Jackson & Holway; Arth. Am. Jour. Bot. 5: 527. 1918.
Pycnia unknown
Uredinia hypophyllous, scattered, or somewhat gregarious, round, small, 0.1-0.3 mm. across, early naked, pulverulent, cinnamonbrown, ruptured epidermis barely noticeable; urediniospores globoid or obovoid, somewhat irregular, 23-29 by 26-32 x wall dark cinnamonbrown, thin, 1-1.5 n, closely and finely echinulate, the pores 2, sometimes 3, approximately equatorial.
III. Telia amphigenous, numerous, scattered on under surface of leaves, often crowded and more or less confluent on upper surface, early naked, somewhat pulverulent, blackishbrown, ruptured epidermis noticeable; teliospores broadly ellipsoid, 30-35 by 38-45 p, rounded at both ends, slightly constricted at septum; wall chestnut-brown, smooth, rather thick, 2.5-4 ix, slightly thicker above by a lighter umbo over the pore, 5-6//; pedicel colorless, persistent, the wall thickened, often nearly obliterating the lumen, the surface granulose at base, 6-7 /x in diameter, twice to thrice length of spore.
On Carduaceae :
Eupatorium tubifiorum Benth., Michoacan; Guatemala. Type locality: Volcan de Agua, Sacatepequez, Guatemala, on Eupatorium tubifiorum. Distribution: Southwestern Mexico to central Guatemala.