Puccinia silphii isolate:20SaKS_TLI001 haplotype 1 Genome sequencing
Puccinia silphii is a microcyclic biotrophic rust fungus in Pucciniales; Basidiomycota, that obligately infects Silphium integrifolium, a prairie-dwelling relative of the common sunflower. This genome is the first chromosome-scale rust genome for this speciose genus that does not primarily infect Poaceae (grasses and sedges). It is also the first microcyclic rust fungus to have a chromosome-scale assembly. Haplotype 1 assembly.