The assembly qualified string used as a parameter below for a Uri works in XAML, but gives me the error shown when used in code.

I tried every kind of UriKind with the same result. How can I fix this?

[Test]
public void LargeImageSource_IsKnown()
{
var uri = new Uri(
        "pack://application:,,,/" + 
        "MyAssembly.Core.Presentation.Wpf;component/" + 
        "Images/Delete.png", UriKind.RelativeOrAbsolute);

Assert.That(
        _pickerActivityCollectionVm.DeleteActivityCommand.LargeImageSource,
        Is.EqualTo(uri));
}

System.UriFormatException : Invalid URI: Invalid port specified.
at System.Uri.CreateThis(String uri, Boolean dontEscape, UriKind uriKind)
at System.Uri..ctor(String uriString, UriKind uriKind)

UPDATE

Based on Thomas' superb answer and my own comments about readability, I wound up using the following in my BaseTestFixture class. Hope this helps someone else.

    protected virtual void OnFixtureSetUp() {
        // logging, other one time setup stuff...

        const string scheme = "pack";
        if (!UriParser.IsKnownScheme(scheme)) {
            Assert.That(PackUriHelper.UriSchemePack, Is.EqualTo(scheme));
        }
    }