Melampsora laricis-populina Kleb.
(Poplar Rust)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMelampsora laricis-populina (Poplar Rust)
GenusMelampsora (a genus of rust fungi)
FamilyMELAMPSORACEAE (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 Melampsora laricis-populina (Poplar Rust) :
1: Melampsora laricis-populina (Poplar Rust)
31 Aug 2009 OSGR: SU57 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Hypophyllous on yellow spots leaves of Balm of Gilead
Image 1: Top of leaf with yellow spots over uredia - white backgroundImage 2: Top of leaf with yellow spots over uredia - white background (2)Image 3: Underside of leaf with uredia - white backgroundImage 4: Underside of leaf with uredia - white background (2)Image 5: Cladosporium infection - close-up - enlargedImage 6: Uredia - close-up - enlargedImage 7: Uredia - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 8: Uredospores - magnifiedImage 9: Uredospores - magnified (2)Image 10: Uredospores - magnified (3)Image 11: Uredospores - magnified (4)Image 12: Uredospores - magnified (5)Image 13: Uredospores - microscope low magnification
2: Melampsora laricis-populina (Poplar Rust)
31 Aug 2007 OSGR: SK38 53° 20’ N, 1° 30’ W Vice County: South-west Yorks (VC 63) England
Telia and uredia on poplar leaves
Image 1: Leaf top surface with telia - pale backgroundImage 2: Leaf top surface with telia - pale background (2)Image 3: Leaf under surface with uredia - pale backgroundImage 4: Leaf under surface with uredia - pale background (2)Image 5: Leaf top surface with a few telia - close-up - enlargedImage 6: Leaf top surface with telia and a few uredia - close-up - enlargedImage 7: Leaf top surface with telia - close-up - enlargedImage 8: Leaf under surface with uredia - close-up - enlargedImage 9: Leaf under surface with uredia - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 10: Leaf under surface with uredia - close-up - enlarged (3)Image 11: Telia - magnifiedImage 12: Telia - magnified (2)Image 13: Telia - magnified (3)Image 14: Telia - magnified (4)Image 15: Uredia - from leaf top surface - magnifiedImage 16: Uredia - magnifiedImage 17: Uredia - magnified (2)Image 18: Uredia - magnified (3)Image 19: Uredia - magnified (4)Image 20: Uredia - magnified (5)Image 21: Uredia - magnified (6)Image 22: Uredia - magnified (7)Image 23: Uredia - magnified (8)Image 24: Uredia - magnified (9)Image 25: Uredia - magnified (10)Image 26: Uredia - magnified (11)Image 27: Teliospores - en masse - magnifiedImage 28: Teliospores - lateral view - magnifiedImage 29: Teliospores - lateral view - magnified (2)Image 30: Teliospores - lateral view - magnified (3)Image 31: Teliospores - lateral view - magnified (4)Image 32: Teliospores - lateral view - magnified (5)Image 33: Teliospores - lateral view - magnified (6)Image 34: Teliospores - lateral view - magnified (7)Image 35: Uredoparaphyses - highly magnifiedImage 36: Uredospore - immature - highly magnifiedImage 37: Uredospore - highly magnifiedImage 38: Uredospores and uredoparaphyses - magnifiedImage 39: Uredospores and uredoparaphyses - magnified (2)Image 40: Uredospores and uredoparaphyses - magnified (3)Image 41: Uredospores and uredoparaphyses - magnified (4)Image 42: Uredospores and uredoparaphyses - highly magnifiedImage 43: Uredospores and uredoparaphyses - highly magnified (2)Image 44: Uredospores - magnifiedImage 45: Uredospores - magnified (2)Image 46: Uredospores - highly magnifiedImage 47: Uredospores - highly magnified (2)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Lonsdale, D. & Tabbush, P. 2002 Poplar Rust and its Recent Impact in Great Britain Forestry Commission Information Notes, 7, 4pp, Forestry Commission

Melampsora laricis-populina (Poplar Rust) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Melampsora laricis-populina (Poplar Rust)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 19 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Melampsora laricis-populina (Poplar Rust)

New pathovars from the continent have greatly increased the virulence of this rust and many formerly resistant poplar varieties are now becoming infected.

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