Proliferating Sporidia in Ravenelia hobsoni (Uredinales)

Morphology and Cytology of <i>Ravenelia hobsoni</i> Cooke

“…The present species is in conformity with the normal nuclear behaviour in the basidium and basidiospore but differs slightly in teliospore germination and morphology and number of chromosome complement. Recently, Nair (1972) reported proliferation of sporidia in R. hobsoni forming lateral and ter minal secondary sporidia. Very rarely, under normal environmental conditions, secondary sporidium formation is observed in the present studies (Fig.…”