Plant Parasitic Fungi of Four Tallgrass Prairies of Northern Iowa: Distribution and Prevalence

Authors

Lois H. Tiffany, Iowa State UniversityFollow
Judy F. Shearer, Iowa State UniversityFollow
George Knaphus, Iowa State UniversityFollow

Document Type

Research

Keywords

fungal plant parasites, prairie plants, rusts, smuts

Abstract

Throughout the 1980's, most intensively during the past five years, collections of fungal parasites of prairie plants have been made at various times of the growing season from four prairie preserves, Cayler, Freda Haffner Kettlehole, Hayden, and Stinson prairies, in northern Iowa. A total of 216 species of parasitic fungi were collected on 129 prairie plant hosts. Ninety-nine of the fungi were not previously documented from Iowa. Also, fungus species previously reported were found on 72 host species not included in earlier records.

Publication Date

December 1990

Journal Title

Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science

Volume

97

Issue

4

First Page

157

Last Page

166

Copyright

© Copyright 1990 by the Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.

Language

EN

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Tiffany, Lois H.; Shearer, Judy F.; and Knaphus, George (1990) "Plant Parasitic Fungi of Four Tallgrass Prairies of Northern Iowa: Distribution and Prevalence," Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science: JIAS, 97(4), 157-166.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/jias/vol97/iss4/13