A REPORT ON THE RUST FUNGI OF HAMEDAN PROVINCE (IRAN)

Based on the morphological study of specimens of rust fungi collected during 2002-2003, a contribution is made to the rust fungus flora of Hamedan province: Uromyces inaequialtus var. ecbatanensis is described as new taxon. Melampsora allii-fragilis and Uromyces acantholimonis var. zagrosica are new reports for Iran. New observations on already known species were made: the aecia of Melampsora epitea var. epitea on Dactylorhiza umbrosa and Phragmidium sanguisorbae subsp. mediteraneum on Sanguisorba minor are newly recorded from Iran. Muscari neglectum for Aecidium muscari, Salix aegyptiaca for Melampsora epitea, Euphorbia seguieriana for Melampsora euphorbiae, Acantholimon latifolium for Uromyces acantholimonis var. zagrosica and Euphorbia macroclada for Uromyces tinctoriicola are reported as new hosts at least in Iran.