Puccinia tumida Grev.
(Pignut Rust)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPuccinia tumida (Pignut 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 tumida (Pignut Rust) :
1: Puccinia tumida (Pignut Rust)
20 May 2008 OSGR: NR93 55° 30’ N, 5° 20’ W Vice County: Clyde Islands (VC 100) Scotland
Telia on galled Pignut leaves (mainly on the expanded petiole)
Image 1: Lesion  - close-up - magnifiedImage 2: Lesion on galled petiole - highly enlargedImage 3: Lesions - highly enlargedImage 4: Lesions - highly enlarged (2)Image 5: Telia - freshly mounted so not yet expanded - magnifiedImage 6: Telia - freshly mounted so not yet expanded - magnified (2)Image 7: Telia - freshly mounted so not yet expanded - magnified (3)Image 8: Telia - freshly mounted so not yet expanded - magnified (4)Image 9: Telia - freshly mounted so not yet expanded - magnified (5)Image 10: Telia - magnifiedImage 11: Telia - magnified (2)
2: Puccinia tumida (Pignut Rust)
7 May 1976 OSGR: SD67 54° 10’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Mid-west Yorks (VC 64) England
on Pignut
Image 1: Lesion with aecia - magnifiedImage 2: Lesion with aecia - magnified (2)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Shattock, R.C. 2004 Microcyclic rusts, m-haustoria and … mycophyllas? Field Mycology Vol 5 (4): 132-136.

Puccinia tumida (Pignut 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 tumida (Pignut Rust)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 3 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Puccinia tumida (Pignut Rust)
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