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Melampsora caprearum Thüm., 1879 (a rust fungus)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos #macrophotos #microphotos
Melampsora caprearum Uredinia (II) 19 August 2007 Berks England 2 19 9

Suggested Literature

Melampsora caprearum may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)
BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers)
UREDINIOMYCETES
(urediniomycete fungi)
UREDINALES
(rust fungi)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Melampsora caprearum is associated with:

Photos aecium Larix - larches (Pinaceae) scattered or grouped, caeomoid aecium parasitises live leaf Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos pycnium Larix - larches (Pinaceae) pycnium parasitises live leaf Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos telium Salix aurita - Eared Willow (Salicaceae) epiphyllous, subcuticular telium parasitises live leaf Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos telium Salix caprea - Goat Willow, Sallow (Salicaceae) epiphyllous, subcuticular telium parasitises live leaf Major Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
telium Salix cinerea ssp. cinerea - a grey willow (Salicaceae) epiphyllous, subcuticular telium parasitises live leaf Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos telium Salix cinerea ssp. oleifolia - a grey willow (Salicaceae) epiphyllous, subcuticular telium parasitises live leaf Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [corresponding yellow spots on upper surface]
Photos uredium Salix aurita - Eared Willow (Salicaceae) hypophyllous uredium parasitises live leaf Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [corresponding yellow spots on upper surface]
Photos uredium Salix caprea - Goat Willow, Sallow (Salicaceae) hypophyllous uredium parasitises live leaf Major Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [corresponding yellow spots on upper surface]
uredium Salix cinerea ssp. cinerea - a grey willow (Salicaceae) hypophyllous uredium parasitises live leaf Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [corresponding yellow spots on upper surface]
Photos uredium Salix cinerea ssp. oleifolia - a grey willow (Salicaceae) hypophyllous uredium parasitises live leaf Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [corresponding yellow spots on upper surface]

Associated with Melampsora caprearum:

Melampsora caprearum may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)
UREDINALES
(rust fungi)

References

Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota

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