Cronartium ribicola J.C. Fisch.
(White Pine Blister Rust)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCronartium ribicola (White Pine Blister Rust)
GenusCronartium (a genus of rust fungi)
FamilyCRONARTIACEAE (a family of rust fungi)
OrderPUCCINIALES (rust fungi)
ClassPUCCINIOMYCETES (rust fungi etc)
SubphylumPUCCINIOMYCOTINA (rust fungi etc)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Cronartium ribicola (White Pine Blister Rust) :
1: Cronartium ribicola (White Pine Blister Rust)
8 Oct 2009 OSGR: SU57 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Hypophyllous telia on fading Black Currant leaves
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Cronartium ribicola (White Pine Blister Rust) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Cronartium ribicola (White Pine Blister Rust)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 37 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Cronartium ribicola (White Pine Blister Rust)

A scattering of records in Scotland and southern and central England, mainly on Ribes.

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