Analysis of the host plant range of the important parasite of Festuca pratensis Huds. — the crown rust Puccinia coronata Corda var. coronata — showed that this is indeed the graminicolous form of this rust species. Positive infection was observed in 24 grass species out of 174 tested from the Poaceae family. The most significant hosts with practical importance in the spread of this rust include Festuca pratensis Huds., Festuca gigantea (L.) Will., Cynosurus cristatus L., Lolium remotum Schrank, Lolium rigidum Gand., and Lolium temulentum L. The highest number of host plants was found among the tribes Festuceae and Phalarideae.
Cagaš B. (1978): Zum Wirstpflanzenkreis des Kronenrostes (Puccinia coronata Corda var. coronata). – Česká Mykologie 32(3): 174–181.
