Puccinia longicornis Pat. & Har.
(a bamboo rust)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPuccinia longicornis (a bamboo 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 longicornis (a bamboo rust) :
1: Puccinia longicornis (a bamboo rust)
13 May 2010 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Hypophyllous uredia with a few telia on Sasa palmata
Image 1: Infected leaf - top surface - close-upImage 2: Infected leaf - top surface - close-up (2)Image 3: Infected leaf - top surface - close-up (3)Image 4: Infected leaf - under surface - close-upImage 5: Infected leaf - under surface - close-up (2)Image 6: Infected leaf - under surface - close-up (3)Image 7: Infected leaves - top surfacesImage 8: Infected leaves - top surfaces (2)Image 9: Infected leaves - under surfacesImage 10: Infected leaves - under surfaces (2)Image 11: Telia and uredia - close-up - enlargedImage 12: Telia and uredia - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 13: Telia and uredia - highly enlargedImage 14: Telia - highly enlargedImage 15: Telia - highly enlarged (2)Image 16: Telia - magnifiedImage 17: Uredia and small telia - highly enlargedImage 18: Uredia - close-up - enlargedImage 19: Uredia - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 20: Uredia - close-up - enlarged (3)Image 21: Uredia - close-up - enlarged (4)Image 22: Uredia - highly enlargedImage 23: Uredia - magnifiedImage 24: Uredia - magnified (2)Image 25: Uredia - magnified (3)Image 26: Teliospores - germinating - magnifiedImage 27: Teliospores - low magniifcation - microscope low magnificationImage 28: Teliospores - microscope low magnificationImage 29: Teliospores - microscope low magnification (2)Image 30: Uredoparaphyses - magnifiedImage 31: Uredoparaphyses - magnified (2)Image 32: Uredoparaphyses - magnified (3)Image 33: Uredoparaphyses - magnified (4)Image 34: Uredoparaphyses - highly magnifiedImage 35: Uredoparaphysis - highly magnifiedImage 36: Uredospores - magnifiedImage 37: Uredospores - magnified (2)Image 38: Uredospores - highly magnifiedImage 39: Uredospores - highly magnified (2)
2: Puccinia longicornis (a bamboo rust)
13 Mar 2007 OSGR: TQ16 51° 20’ N, 0° 20’ W Vice County: Surrey (VC 17) England
?xenophagous telia on Thamnocalamus tesselatus (a bamboo)
Image 1: Telium - side view - close-up - magnifiedImage 2: Telium - top view - close-up - magnifiedImage 3: Telium - top view - magnifiedImage 4: Teliospores and paraphyses - magnifiedImage 5: Teliospores, and two mesospores - magnifiedImage 6: Teliospores, and two mesospores - magnified (2)Image 7: Teliospores, and two mesospores - magnified (3)Image 8: Teliospores - germinating - magnifiedImage 9: Teliospores - magnifiedImage 10: Teliospores - magnified (2)Image 11: Teliospores - microscope low magnificationImage 12: Teliospores - microscope low magnification (2)Image 13: Teliospores - microscope low magnification (3)Image 14: Teliospores, two mesospores and two paraphyses - magnifiedImage 15: Teliospore with long pedicel - magnifiedImage 16: Telium - squash prep - magnifiedImage 17: Telium - squash prep - microscope low magnificationImage 18: Telium - squash prep - microscope low magnification (2)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Lane, C.R., Barnes, A.V., Beales, P.A., Whittaker, R. & Gaunt, A. First report of Puccinia longicornis on Phyllostachys aurea in the UK www.bspp.org.uk/publications/new-disease-reports/ndr.php?id=020001
Reid, D.A. 1984 Another British record of Puccinia longicornis Bull. Br. mycol. Soc. Vol 18 (2): 127-129.
Reid, D.A. 1978 Two bambusicolous rust fungi new to Britain TBMS Vol 70 (3): 459-463.

Puccinia longicornis (a bamboo 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 longicornis (a bamboo rust)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 11 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Puccinia longicornis (a bamboo rust)
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