Definition of Genus Melampsora

1. Noun. Rusts having sessile one-celled teliospores in a single layer.

Exact synonyms: Melampsora
Generic synonyms: Fungus Genus
Group relationships: Family Melampsoraceae, Melampsoraceae
Member holonyms: Flax Rust, Flax Rust Fungus, Melampsora Lini

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Melampsora

genus Maxillaria
genus Maxostoma
genus Mayaca
genus Mayetiola
genus Mazama
genus Meconopsis
genus Medicago
genus Medinilla
genus Megachile
genus Megaderma
genus Megalobatrachus
genus Megalosaurus
genus Megaptera
genus Megatherium
genus Melampodium
genus Melampsora (current term)
genus Melanerpes
genus Melanitta
genus Melanogrammus
genus Melanoplus
genus Melanotis
genus Melastoma
genus Meleagris
genus Meles
genus Melia
genus Melicocca
genus Melicoccus
genus Melicytus
genus Melilotus
genus Melissa

Literary usage of Genus Melampsora

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Text-book of Mycology and Plant Pathology by John William Harshberger (1917)
"The urediniospores and teliospores grow on the currants, Ribes nigrum and R. rubrum. The fungi of the genus Melampsora are mostly ..."

2. Manual of Tree Diseases by William Howard Rankin (1918)
"LEAF-RUSTS Caused by fungi of the genus Melampsora Three species of rust-fungi are known to affect the leaves of various willows in the United States. ..."

3. Fungi; Their Nature and Uses by Mordecai Cubitt Cooke (1880)
"In some species of Puccinia the sori are so compact that they remain attached to the leaves long after they are dead and fallen. In the genus Melampsora, ..."

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