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Puccinia caricina DC., 1815 (Currant-sedge Rust)

Notes (MWS)

A rust fungus forming aecia (cluster cups) on *Parnassia*, *Pedicularis* and *Ribes*, and forming uredia and telia on various species of *Carex*. There are a number of closely-similar varieties which are restricted to different hosts. Early records may include P. urticata and its varieties which has only recently been separated. P. urticata forms aecia on *Urtica*.

Subtaxa

Rank	Taxon
Variety	Puccinia caricina var. caricina DC., 1815 (a rust fungus)				2
Variety	Puccinia caricina var. magnusii (Kleb.) D.M. Hend., 1961 (a rust fungus)		7	6	4
Variety	Puccinia caricina var. pringsheimiana (Kleb.) D.M. Hend., 1961 (a rust fungus)	15	1	6	10
Variety	Puccinia caricina var. ribesii-pendulae (Hasler) D.M. Hend., 1961 (a rust fungus)				4
Variety	Puccinia caricina var. ribis-nigri-lasiocarpae (Hasler) D.M. Hend., 1961 (a rust fungus)				6
Variety	Puccinia caricina var. ribis-nigri-paniculatae (Kleb.) D.M. Hend., 1961 (a rust fungus)				2

Suggested Literature

Puccinia caricina 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 caricina is associated with:

aecium	Ribes nigrum - Black Currant (Grossulariaceae)	aecium parasitises stem	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
aecium	Ribes nigrum - Black Currant (Grossulariaceae)	aecium parasitises fruit	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
aecium	Ribes nigrum - Black Currant (Grossulariaceae)	aecium parasitises often distorted leaf	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
aecium	Ribes sanguineum - Flowering Currant (Grossulariaceae)	aecium parasitises stem	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
aecium	Ribes sanguineum - Flowering Currant (Grossulariaceae)	aecium parasitises fruit	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
aecium	Ribes sanguineum - Flowering Currant (Grossulariaceae)	aecium parasitises often distorted leaf	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
aecium	Ribes uva-crispa - Gooseberry (Grossulariaceae)	aecium parasitises fruit	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
aecium	Ribes uva-crispa - Gooseberry (Grossulariaceae)	aecium parasitises often distorted leaf	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
aecium	Ribes uva-crispa - Gooseberry (Grossulariaceae)	aecium parasitises stem	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
pycnium	Ribes nigrum - Black Currant (Grossulariaceae)	pycnium parasitises leaf	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
pycnium	Ribes nigrum - Black Currant (Grossulariaceae)	pycnium parasitises fruit	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
pycnium	Ribes nigrum - Black Currant (Grossulariaceae)	pycnium parasitises stem	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
pycnium	Ribes sanguineum - Flowering Currant (Grossulariaceae)	pycnium parasitises leaf	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
pycnium	Ribes sanguineum - Flowering Currant (Grossulariaceae)	pycnium parasitises stem	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
pycnium	Ribes sanguineum - Flowering Currant (Grossulariaceae)	pycnium parasitises fruit	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
pycnium	Ribes uva-crispa - Gooseberry (Grossulariaceae)	pycnium parasitises fruit	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
pycnium	Ribes uva-crispa - Gooseberry (Grossulariaceae)	pycnium parasitises stem	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
pycnium	Ribes uva-crispa - Gooseberry (Grossulariaceae)	pycnium parasitises leaf	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
uredium	Carex - sedges (Cyperaceae)	uredium parasitises	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [the different varieties on different species of Carex]

There may be more taxa associated with Puccinia caricina listed at higher taxonomic level

Puccinia
(a genus of rust fungi)

Associated with Puccinia caricina:

Puccinia caricina 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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