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UREDINALES (rust fungi)

Lab. techniques Rust spores should generally be examined in water. Lactophenol is useful to see the pores in uredospores etc, but distorts the outline.

When counting pores, look for breaks in the spore wall (on the profile) - beware of counting the vacuole/nucleus.

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #subtaxa #photos #macrophotos #microphotos #refs #webs
Family COLEOSPORIACEAE Dietel, 1900 (a family of rust fungi) 5          
Genus Chrysomyxa Unger, 1840 (a genus of rust fungi) 4         20
Species Coleosporium tussilaginis (Pers.) Lév., 1849 (a rust fungus)   27 17 21   66
Family CRONARTIACEAE Dietel, 1900 (a family of rust fungi) 4          
Genus Cronartium Fr., 1815 (a genus of rust fungi) 3         40
Species Endocronartium pini Y. Hirats., 1969 (a rust fungus)           3
Family MELAMPSORACEAE Dietel, 1897 (a family of rust fungi) 17          
Genus Melampsora Castagne, 1843 (a genus of rust fungi) 17 36 52 32   254
Family MIKRONEGERIACEAE Cummins & Y. Hirats., 1983 (a family of urediniomycete fungi) 1          
Species Mikronegeria fagi Dietel & Neger, 1899 (a urediniomycete fungus)           2
Family PHRAGMIDIACEAE Corda, 1837 (a family of rust fungi) 15          
Species Frommeëlla tormentillae (Fuckel) Cummins & Y. Hirats., 1983 (a rust fungus)           10
Species Kuehneola uredinis (Link) Arthur, 1905 (Pale Bramble Rust, Bramble Stem Rust)           13
Genus Phragmidium Link, 1815 (a genus of rust fungi) 11 25 51 49   127
Species Trachyspora intrusa (Grev.) Arthur, 1934 (Ladies Mantle Rust)     11 7   12
Species Xenodochus carbonarius Schltdl., 1826 (a rust fungus)           2
Family PUCCINIACEAE Chevall., 1826 (a family of rust fungi) 210          
Species Cumminsiella mirabilissima (Peck) Nannf., 1947 (a rust fungus)   13 20 22   20
Genus Endophyllum 2         6
Genus Gymnosporangium R. Hedw., 1805 (a genus of rust fungi) 5 29 15 20 3 41
Species Miyagia pseudosphaeria (Mont.) Jørst., 1962 (a rust fungus)     8 8   25
Genus Puccinia Pers., 1801 (a genus of rust fungi) 158 180 388 271 13 1529
Genus Uromyces (Link) Unger, 1832 (a genus of rust fungi) 42 4 65 34 2 453
Species Zaghouania phillyreae Pat., 1901 (a rust fungus)           6
Family PUCCINIASTRACEAE Gäum. ex Leppik, 1972 (a family of rust fungi) 26 47 29 41 2 198
Family SPHAEROPHRAGMIACEAE Cummins & Y. Hirats., 1983 (a family of rusts) 3   3     12
Genus Uredo Pers., 1801 (a genus of rust fungi) 2          
Species Uredo morvernensis Dennis, 1983 (a rust fungus)           1
Species Uredo oncidii Henn., 1902 (a rust fungus)           3
Family UROPYXIDACEAE (Arthur) Cummins & Y. Hirats., 1983 (a family of rusts) 4 42 33 22   36

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Cummins G.B., 1959 Illustrated Genera of Rust Fungi
Henderson, D.M. & Bennell, A.P. Paper
Henderson, D.M. & Bennell, A.P., 1979 British Rust Fungi: Additions and Corrections
Henderson, D.M., 2000 A Checklist of the Rust Fungi of the British Isles
Henderson, D.M., 2004 The Rust Fungi of the British Isles: A Guide to Identification by their Host Plants
Preece,T.F., 1996 Downy Mildews, Powdery Mildews, Smuts & Rusts
Wilson, M., & Henderson, D., 1966 British Rust Fungi

General Works

Hiratsuka, N. et al, 1992 Rust Flora of Japan
http://www.diversitycampus.net/Fungi/RustFloraJapan_Contents.jps?outline=4 Web link

UREDINALES may also be covered by literature listed under:

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

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with UREDINALES:

Photos is grazed by larva Mycodiplosis - a genus of gall midges (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) Stubbs, A.E. & Chandler, P. (eds), 1978
aecium (live) live aecium is parasitised by circularly arranged sporodochium of Tuberculina anamorph Tuberculina persicina - an anamorphic ustilaginomycete (Platygloeaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
aecium (old) old aecium is parasitised by effuse colony of Cladobotryum anamorph Cladosporium aecidiicola - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus (Mycosphaerellales: Mycosphaerellaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
sorus (live) live sorus is parasitised by basally or completely immersed pseudothecium Eudarluca caricis - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Phaeosphaeriaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
sorus (live) live sorus is parasitised by immersed Sphaerellopsis coelomycetous anamorph Eudarluca caricis - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Phaeosphaeriaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos sorus (live) live sorus is parasitised by Itersonilia perplexans - an anamorphic basidiomycete (Filobasidiales: Filobasidiaceae)
uredium (live) live uredium is parasitised by effuse colony of Cladobotryum anamorph Cladosporium uredinicola - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus (Mycosphaerellales: Mycosphaerellaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997

Uredinales may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)

References

Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998 Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook
Stubbs, A.E. & Chandler, P. (eds), 1978 A Dipterist's handbook

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