Puccinia malvacearum Bertero ex Mont.
(Mallow and Hollyhock Rust, Mallow Rust)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPuccinia malvacearum (Mallow and Hollyhock Rust, Mallow 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 malvacearum (Mallow and Hollyhock Rust, Mallow Rust) :
1: Puccinia malvacearum (Mallow and Hollyhock Rust, Mallow Rust)
5 May 2009 OSGR: SU57 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Telia on undersides of leaves of Mallow
Image 1: Telia - on leaf underside - enlargedImage 2: Telia - on leaf underside - enlarged (2)Image 3: Telia - on leaf underside - enlarged (3)Image 4: Telia - on leaf underside - magnifiedImage 5: Telia - on leaf underside - magnified (2)Image 6: Teliospores - magnifiedImage 7: Teliospores - magnified (2)Image 8: Teliospores - magnified (3)Image 9: Teliospores - magnified (4)Image 10: Teliospores - magnified (5)
2: Puccinia malvacearum (Mallow and Hollyhock Rust, Mallow Rust)
3 Jun 2001 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on Musk Mallow
Image 1: Infected leaf - undersideImage 2: Infected leaf - underside (2)Image 3: Infected leaf - dark backgroundImage 4: Infected leaf - underside - dark backgroundImage 5: Infected leaf - underside - dark background (2)Image 6: Infected leaf - underside - dark background (3)Image 7: Infected leaf - underside - dark background (4)Image 8: Infected leaf - underside - dark background (5)Image 9: Infected leaves - undersides - dark backgroundImage 10: Telia - magnifiedImage 11: Telia - magnified (2)Image 12: Basidia germinated from teliospores - magnifiedImage 13: Germinating teliospores - magnifiedImage 14: Teliospore - magnifiedImage 15: Teliospores in telium - magnifiedImage 16: Teliospores in telium - magnified (2)Image 17: Teliospores in telium - magnified (3)Image 18: Teliospores - magnifiedImage 19: Teliospores - magnified (2)
3: Puccinia malvacearum (Mallow and Hollyhock Rust, Mallow Rust)
21 May 1977 OSGR: SU83 51° 0’ N, 0° 50’ W Vice County: North Hants (VC 12) England
on Hollyhock leaf
Image 1: Telia - enlarged

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Fox, R.T.V. 1995 Fungal foes in your garden no 29: Mallow and Hollyhock rust Mycologist Vol 09 (3): 129.

Puccinia malvacearum (Mallow and Hollyhock Rust, Mallow 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 malvacearum (Mallow and Hollyhock Rust, Mallow Rust)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 32 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Puccinia malvacearum (Mallow and Hollyhock Rust, Mallow Rust)
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