Coleosporium vernoniae Berk. and M.A. Curtis

on Elephantopus mollis Kunth . Panama, Chiriqui Province, Volcan, 8°47.398TN, 82°40.565'W, 25 Nov. 2004, leg. J.R. Hernandez 2004-101, II (BPI 864106). Panama, Chiriqui Province, Boquete, 8°46.691N, 82°25.968'W, 26 Nov. 2004, leg. J.R. Hernandez and M. Vega Rios 2004-125, II (BPI 864107).

C. vernoniae was reported from the Caribbean, Central, North and South America, and China on species in the Asteraceae and Pinaceae (Farr et al. 2004; Hernandez et al. 2005a, b). This is the first report of C. vernoniae from Panama.