The rust mycobiota of Arasbaran protected area, NW of Iran

Arasbaran is one of the most important protected regions in Iran located in NW of the country and east of E Azarbaijan Province. Several reports have been published on the mycobiota of this region however there is only few records about rust fungi of Arasbaran. Our research on rust fungi of Arasbaran region get started since 2006. During this study, several rust taxa collected and identified from this area. Among identified taxa, Puccinia jaceae on Centaurea macrocephala, P. chaerophylli var. retifera on Chaerophyllum aureum, Uromyces prosopidis on Prosopis farcta var. farcta and Uromyces heliotropii on Heliotropium europaeum are newly reported from Iran. Several new hosts for identified rust taxa are also reported.