Puccinia coronata Corda
(Crown Rust)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPuccinia coronata (Crown Rust)
GenusPuccinia (a genus of rust fungi)
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 Puccinia coronata (Crown Rust) :
1: Puccinia coronata (Crown Rust)
20 Jun 2007 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Uredia on leaves of Oat Grass
Image 1: Infected leaf blades - abaxial (lower) surface - close-up - pale backgroundImage 2: Infected leaf blades - abaxial (lower) surface - pale backgroundImage 3: Infected leaf blades - adaxial (upper) surface - close-up - pale backgroundImage 4: Infected leaf blades - adaxial (upper) surface - pale backgroundImage 5: Telia (and a few uredia) on leaf base - enlargedImage 6: Telia (and a few uredia) on leaf sheath - close-up - magnifiedImage 7: Telia (and a few uredia) on leaf sheath - close-up - magnified (2)Image 8: Telia (and a few uredia) on leaf sheath - enlargedImage 9: Uredia on abaxial surface - close-up - enlargedImage 10: Uredia on abaxial surface - close-up - magnifiedImage 11: Uredia on adaxial surface - close-up - enlargedImage 12: Uredia on adaxial surface - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 13: Uredia on adaxial surface - close-up - enlarged (3)Image 14: Uredia on adaxial surface - close-up - magnifiedImage 15: Uredia on adaxial surface - close-up - magnified (2)Image 16: Teliospores - magnifiedImage 17: Teliospores - magnified (2)Image 18: Teliospores - magnified (3)Image 19: Teliospores - magnified (4)Image 20: Teliospores - microscope low magnificationImage 21: Uredospores - equatorial view - magnifiedImage 22: Uredospores - surface view - magnified
2: Puccinia coronata (Crown Rust) IDENTIFICATION UNCERTAIN
29 Sep 1999 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on grass blades in tussock by tree stump (Agropyron caninum?)
Image 1: Infected leaf - abaxial (under surface)Image 2: Infected leaf - abaxial (under surface) - close-upImage 3: Infected leaf - abaxial (under surface) - close-up (2)Image 4: Infected leaf - abaxial (under surface) - close-up (3)Image 5: Infected leaf - adaxial (top surface)Image 6: Infected leaf - adaxial (top surface) - close-upImage 7: Infected leaf - adaxial (top surface) - close-up (2)Image 8: Infected leaf - adaxial (top surface) - close-up (3)Image 9: Uredia and feeding fly larvae - magnifiedImage 10: Uredia and feeding fly larva - magnifiedImage 11: Uredia - magnifiedImage 12: Uredia - magnified (2)Image 13: Uredia - magnified (3)Image 14: Uredium - magnifiedImage 15: Uredium - magnified (2)Image 16: Uredium - magnified (3)Image 17: Uredium - magnified (4)Image 18: Uredium - fragment - magnifiedImage 19: Uredium - fragment - magnified (2)Image 20: Uredospores - magnifiedImage 21: Uredospores - magnified (2)Image 22: Uredospores - magnified (3)
3: Puccinia coronata (Crown Rust)
29 Sep 1999 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on senescent leaf sheaths and blades in tussock of grass by tree stump (False Oat-grass?)
Image 1: Telia on leaf sheathImage 2: Telia on leaf sheath (2)Image 3: Telia on senescent leafImage 4: Teliospores - magnifiedImage 5: Teliospores - magnified (2)Image 6: Teliospores - magnified (3)Image 7: Teliospores - magnified (4)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Swertz, C.A. 1994 Morphology of Germlings of Urediniospores and its value for the identification and classification of grass rust fungi Stud. Mycol. No. 36.

Puccinia coronata (Crown Rust) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Puccinia coronata (Crown Rust)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 63 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Puccinia coronata (Crown Rust)
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