Puccinia graminis Pers.
(Black Stem Rust)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPuccinia graminis (Black Stem 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 graminis (Black Stem Rust) :
1: Puccinia graminis (Black Stem Rust)
25 May 2009 OSGR: SU49 51° 40’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Aecial galls on Barberry leaves
Image 1: Infected leaves - top surfaces - black backgroundImage 2: Infected leaves - under surfaces - black backgroundImage 3: Aecial gall - top surface - close-up - enlargedImage 4: Aecial gall - under surface - close-up - enlargedImage 5: Gall - under surface - magnifiedImage 6: Gall - under surface - magnified (2)Image 7: Gall - under surface - magnified (3)Image 8: Infected leaf - top surface - enlargedImage 9: Infected leaf - under surface - enlargedImage 10: Aecial wall surrounding aeciospore mass - magnifiedImage 11: Aeciospores - magnifiedImage 12: Aeciospores - magnified (2)Image 13: Aeciospores - magnified (3)Image 14: Peridial cells - magnifiedImage 15: Peridial cells - magnified (2)Image 16: Peridial cells - magnified (3)
2: Puccinia graminis (Black Stem Rust)
12 May 2001 OSGR: SU46 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Aecia (I) on Mahonia
Image 1: Aecium - immature - under surface of leaf - enlargedImage 2: Aecium - top surface of leaf - enlargedImage 3: Leaflet with immature aecia - uppersideImage 4: Leaflet with immature aecia - undersideImage 5: Aecia - immature - from upperside of leaflet - magnifiedImage 6: Aecia - immature - on underside of leaflet - magnifiedImage 7: Aecia - immature - on underside of leaflet - magnified (2)
3: Puccinia graminis (Black Stem Rust)
17 May 1998 OSGR: SU49 51° 40’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
cluster cups on Barberry
Image 1: Cluster-cups on underside of leaf - close-upImage 2: Cluster-cups on underside of leaf - close-up (2)Image 3: Cluster-cups on underside of leaf - close-up (3)Image 4: Cluster-cups on underside of leaf - close-up (4)Image 5: Cluster-cups on undersides of leavesImage 6: Discolouration on upper side of leaf - close-upImage 7: Discolouration on upper sides of leaves

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 graminis (Black Stem 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 graminis (Black Stem Rust)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 184 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Puccinia graminis (Black Stem Rust)
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