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Puccinia urticata var. urticae-acutiformis (Kleb.) Zwetko, 1993 (a nettle clustercup rust)

Notes (MWS) A variety of this rust fungus which forms telia and uredia on *Carex acutiformis* or uredia only on *Carex pseudocyperus*.

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #macrophotos #microphotos
Puccinia urticata var. urticae-acutiformis Telia (III) 17 October 2000 Berks England 4 1

Suggested Literature

Puccinia urticata var. urticae-acutiformis 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-acutiformis 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 acutiformis - Lesser 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 acutiformis - Lesser Pond-sedge (Cyperaceae) uredium parasitises live Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
uredium Carex pseudocyperus - Cyperus Sedge (Cyperaceae) uredium parasitises live Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997

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

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

Associated with Puccinia urticata var. urticae-acutiformis:

Puccinia urticata var. urticae-acutiformis 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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