Puccinia pimpinellae (F. Strauss) Link
(a rust fungus)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPuccinia pimpinellae (a rust fungus)
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 pimpinellae (a rust fungus) :
1: Puccinia pimpinellae (a rust fungus)
26 Sep 2015 OSGR: SU23 51° 10’ N, 1° 40’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
telia (with a few uredia and aecia) hypophyllous on senescent leaves of Burnet Saxifage
Image 1: Infected leaves - underside view - white backgroundImage 2: Infected senescent leaf - top view - white backgroundImage 3: Infected senescent leaves - top view - white backgroundImage 4: Infected leaflets - underside view - enlarged - white backgroundImage 5: Infected leaflets - underside view - enlarged - white background (2)Image 6: Infected leaflets - underside view - enlarged - white background (3)Image 7: Infected leaf - underside view - enlarged - white backgroundImage 8: Teliospores and aeciospores - magnified - white backgroundImage 9: Teliospores and two uredospores - magnified - white backgroundImage 10: Teliospores - magnified - white backgroundImage 11: Teliospores - magnified - white background (2)Image 12: Teliospores - magnified - white background (3)Image 13: Teliospores - magnified - white background (4)Image 14: Teliospores - magnified - white background (5)Image 15: Teliospores - magnified - white background (6)Image 16: Teliospores - highly magnified - white backgroundImage 17: Teliospores - highly magnified - white background (2)Image 18: Teliospores, uredospore and aeciospore - highly magnified - white backgroundImage 19: Teliospores, uredospore and aeciospore - highly magnified - white background (2)Image 20: Uredospores - magnified - white backgroundImage 21: Uredospores - highly magnified - white background

Puccinia pimpinellae (a rust fungus) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Puccinia pimpinellae (a rust fungus)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 9 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Puccinia pimpinellae (a rust fungus)

A rare autoecious rust that spends its entire life cycle as a parasite of Burnet-saxifrage, Pimpinella saxifraga or Greater Burnet-saxifrage, Pimpinella major.

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