Gymnosporangium clavariiforme (Wulfen) DC.
(European Hawthorn Rust, Tongues Of Fire)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesGymnosporangium clavariiforme (European Hawthorn Rust, Tongues Of Fire)
GenusGymnosporangium (juniper rust)
FamilyPUCCINIACEAE (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 Gymnosporangium clavariiforme (European Hawthorn Rust, Tongues Of Fire) :
1: Gymnosporangium clavariiforme (European Hawthorn Rust, Tongues Of Fire)
25 Jun 1999 OSGR: SU33 51° 10’ N, 1° 30’ W Vice County: North Hants (VC 12) England
on Hawthorn
Image 1: Aecia - on leafImage 2: Aecia - on leaf (2)Image 3: Aecia - on leaf - close-upImage 4: Aecia - on leaf undersideImage 5: Aecia - on leaf underside (2)Image 6: Aecia - on leaf underside (3)Image 7: Aecia - on leaf underside (4)Image 8: Aecia - on leaf undersidesImage 9: Aecia - on stemImage 10: Infected leaf - lowersideImage 11: Infected leaf - uppersideImage 12: Infected petioleImage 13: Spermatia - on upperside of leaf opposite aeciaImage 14: AeciosporeImage 15: AeciosporesImage 16: Aeciospores (2)Image 17: Aeciospores (3)Image 18: Aeciospores (4)Image 19: Aeciospores (5)Image 20: Aeciospores - surface ornamentationImage 21: Peridial cellsImage 22: Peridial cells (2)Image 23: Peridial cells (3)Image 24: Peridial cells (4)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Laundon, G. 1977 Gymnosporangium clavariiforme (Pers.) DC. I.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 542: 1-2.
Preece, T.F. 1995 Orange ’Tongues of Fire’ on Juniperus communis Mycologist Vol 09 (2): 57.

Gymnosporangium clavariiforme (European Hawthorn Rust, Tongues Of Fire) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Gymnosporangium clavariiforme (European Hawthorn Rust, Tongues Of Fire)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 58 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Gymnosporangium clavariiforme (European Hawthorn Rust, Tongues Of Fire)
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