Gymnosporangium confusum Plowr.
(a rust fungus)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesGymnosporangium confusum (a rust fungus)
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 confusum (a rust fungus) :
1: Gymnosporangium confusum (a rust fungus)
30 May 2009 OSGR: SU88 51° 30’ N, 0° 50’ W Vice County: Bucks (VC 24) England
Single hawthorn leaf with aecia
Image 1: Hypophyllous aecia - lateral view - highly enlargedImage 2: Hypophyllous aecia - lateral view - highly enlarged (2)Image 3: Hypophyllous aecia - lateral view - magnifiedImage 4: Hypophyllous aecia - lateral view - magnified (2)Image 5: Leaf spot - top view - highly enlargedImage 6: Leaf spot - top view - magnifiedImage 7: Aeciospores - equatorial focus - highly magnifiedImage 8: Aeciospores - magnifiedImage 9: Aeciospores - magnified (2)Image 10: Aeciospores - surface focus - highly magnifiedImage 11: Peridial cells - magnifiedImage 12: Peridial cells - highly magnifiedImage 13: Peridial cells - highly magnified (2)Image 14: Peridium - magnified

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Brand, A.W. & G.M. 2004 The Other Half: The telial stage of the Rust Fungus Gymnosporangium confusum Field Mycology Vol 5 (1): 14-16.
Brand, A.W. & G.M. 2001 Have you seen this? - a Warwickshire oddity Field Mycology Vol 2 (2): 66-67.
Laundon, G. 1977 Gymnosporangium confusum Plowright I.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 544.

Gymnosporangium confusum (a rust fungus) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Gymnosporangium confusum (a rust fungus)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 51 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Gymnosporangium confusum (a rust fungus)
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