Puccinia anaphalidis-virgatae, a new species, and a new variety of rust fungi from Fairy Meadows, Northern Pakistan

Puccinia anaphalidis-virgatae on Anaphalis virgata is described as a new species from Pakistan. Previous records of rusts on genus Anaphalis have been species of Miyagia, Phakopsora, and Uromyces; this is the first Puccinia species recorded on this host genus. A new variety P. helictotrichi var. pakistanica is described based on its resemblance to P. helictotrichi; however, it differs in size and number of germ pores of urediniospores and apical thickness of teliospores.