BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Puccinia urticata var. urticae-ripariae (Hasler) Zwetko, 1993 (a nettle clustercup rust)

Notes (MWS) A variety of this rust fungus which forms telia on *Carex riparia*. The uredia are unknown in the UK.

Suggested Literature

Puccinia urticata var. urticae-ripariae may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)
BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers)
UREDINIOMYCETES
(urediniomycete fungi)
UREDINALES
(rust fungi)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Puccinia urticata var. urticae-ripariae is associated with:

Photos aecium Urtica dioica - Common Nettle (Urticaceae) aecium parasitises live Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos aecium Urtica urens - Small Nettle (Urticaceae) aecium parasitises live Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos pycnium Urtica dioica - Common Nettle (Urticaceae) pycnium parasitises live Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos pycnium Urtica urens - Small Nettle (Urticaceae) pycnium parasitises live Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos telium Carex riparia - Great Pond-sedge (Cyperaceae) telium parasitises live Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos uredium Carex riparia - Great Pond-sedge (Cyperaceae) uredium parasitises live Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005

There may be more taxa associated with Puccinia urticata var. urticae-ripariae listed at higher taxonomic level

Puccinia
(a genus of rust fungi)
Puccinia urticata s.l.
(Nettle Clustercup Rust)

Associated with Puccinia urticata var. urticae-ripariae:

Puccinia urticata var. urticae-ripariae may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)
UREDINALES
(rust fungi)
Puccinia
(a genus of rust fungi)

References

Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota

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