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During a study of the rust fungi of the northwestern region of Pakistan, three species were collected that are new to science: Puccinia dichanthii on Dichanthium annulatum, P. leersiae on Leersia oryzoides, and P. sporoboli-coromandeliani on Sporobolus coromandelianus. These have been collected from and near the vicinity of Ayubia National Park, Bara Gali, Khanspur and Nathia Gali.
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We sincerely thank Dr. Amy Y. Rossman, Systematic Mycology and Microbiology Laboratory, USDA-ARS, Beltsville for her valuable suggestions to improve the manuscript and Dr. Roland Kirschner, Department of Mycology, J.W. Goethe-University, Frankfurt, Germany for Latin diagnoses. We are also highly obliged to Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan for providing financial support. We are also grateful to Director, CRL, Department of Physics, University of Peshawar, Pakistan, for providing facilities to do Scanning Electron Microscopy of a few specimens.
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Puccinia dichanthii Afshan and Khalid, P. leersiae Khalid and Afshan, and P. sporoboli-coromandeliani Afshan, Khalid & Niazi.
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Afshan, NuS., Khalid, A.N. & Niazi, A.R. Three new species of rust fungi from Pakistan. Mycol Progress 9, 485–490 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11557-010-0655-8
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