Puccinia primulae (DC.) Duby
(Primrose Rust)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPuccinia primulae (Primrose 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 primulae (Primrose Rust) :
1: Puccinia primulae (Primrose Rust)
10 Jun 2009 OSGR: SX77 50° 40’ N, 3° 40’ W Vice County: South Devon (VC 3) England
Uredia on Primrose leaves
Image 1: Infected leaves - top sidesImage 2: Infected leaves - undersidesImage 3: Infected plantImage 4: Uredia - close-up - enlargedImage 5: Uredia - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 6: Uredia - close-up - enlarged (3)Image 7: Uredia - close-up - enlarged (4)Image 8: Uredia - close-up - enlarged (5)Image 9: Uredia - close-up - magnifiedImage 10: Uredia - close-up - magnified (2)Image 11: Uredia - close-up - magnified (3)Image 12: Uredia - close-up - magnified (4)Image 13: Uredia - close-up - magnified (5)Image 14: Uredia - close-up - magnified (6)Image 15: Uredia - close-up - magnified (7)Image 16: Uredia - from top of leaf - close-up - enlargedImage 17: Uredia - from top of leaf - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 18: Uredium on top of leaf - close-up - magnifiedImage 19: Uredium on top of leaf - close-up - magnified (2)Image 20: Uredospores - focused on surface ornamentation - highly magnifiedImage 21: Uredospores - focused on surface ornamentation - highly magnified (2)Image 22: Uredospores - magnifiedImage 23: Uredospores - magnified (2)Image 24: Uredospores - highly magnifiedImage 25: Uredospores - highly magnified (2)Image 26: Uredospores - highly magnified (3)
2: Puccinia primulae (Primrose Rust)
19 May 2008 OSGR: NR92 55° 30’ N, 5° 10’ W Vice County: Clyde Islands (VC 100) Scotland
on Primrose
Image 1: Infected Primrose leaves - top surfaces - pale backgroundImage 2: Infected Primrose leaves - under surfaces - pale backgroundImage 3: Aecial wall and aeciosporesImage 4: Aecial wall and aeciospores (2)Image 5: Aecial wall and aeciospores (3)Image 6: Aecial wall and aeciospores (4)Image 7: Aeciospores and aecial wall cellsImage 8: Aeciospores and aecial wall cells (2)
3: Puccinia primulae (Primrose Rust)
15 Apr 2004 OSGR: SX88 50° 40’ N, 3° 40’ W Vice County: South Devon (VC 3) England
cluster cups on Primrose leaves
Image 1: Infected plantsImage 2: Infected plants (2)Image 3: Infected Primrose leaf - top surfaceImage 4: Cluster cups - enlargedImage 5: Cluster cups - enlarged (2)Image 6: Cluster cups - enlarged (3)Image 7: Cluster cups - enlarged (4)Image 8: Cluster cups - enlarged (5)Image 9: Cluster cups - magnifiedImage 10: Cluster cups - magnified (2)Image 11: Aeciospores and peridial cell - magnifiedImage 12: Aeciospores - magnifiedImage 13: Cluster cups - magnifiedImage 14: Cluster cups - magnified (2)Image 15: Cluster cups - magnified (3)Image 16: Cluster cups - magnified (4)Image 17: Cluster cups - magnified (5)Image 18: Cluster cups - magnified (6)Image 19: Cluster cups - magnified (7)Image 20: Cluster cups - magnified (8)Image 21: Cluster cups - magnified (9)Image 22: Infection spots - leaf top surface - magnifiedImage 23: Peridial cells and aeciospores - magnifiedImage 24: Peridial cells - magnifiedImage 25: Peridium cells - microscope low magnificationImage 26: Peridium - magnified
4: Puccinia primulae (Primrose Rust)
19 May 1979 OSGR: SU82 51° 0’ N, 0° 50’ W Vice County: West Sussex (VC 13) England
on Primrose
Image 1: Aecia - magnifiedImage 2: Aecia - magnified (2)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Evans, D. 2014 Hunting rare rusts in NW Wales Field Mycology Vol 15 (2): 57-61.

Puccinia primulae (Primrose 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 primulae (Primrose Rust)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 9 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Puccinia primulae (Primrose Rust)
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