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Puccinia phragmitis (Schumach.) Körn., 1876 (a rust fungus)

Notes (MWS) A rust which forms aecia on bright red or purple spots on *Rumex* and *Rheum* and uredinia and telia on *Phragmites*.

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos #macrophotos #microphotos
Puccinia phragmitis Aecia (I) 12 May 2004 West Gloucestershire England 3
Puccinia phragmitis Aecia (I) 7 May 2000 North Wiltshire England 9 6

Suggested Literature

General Works

Kurose, D., Renals, T., Shaw, R., Furuya, N., Takagi, M. & Evans, H., 2006 Fallopia japonica, an increasingly intractable weed problem in the UK: Can fungi help cut through this Gordian knot?

Puccinia phragmitis may also 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

Puccinia phragmitis is associated with:

Photos aecium Fallopia japonica - Japanese Knotweed (Polygonaceae) hypophyllous aecium parasitises live leaf Foreign Kurose, D., Renals, T., Shaw, R., Furuya, N., Takagi, M. & Evans, H., 2006 [in Japan]
aecium Rheum x hybridum (R. palmatum x rhaponticum) - Rhubarb (Polygonaceae) clustered aecium causes spots on live leaf Minor Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes reddish-purple spots]
Photos aecium Rumex acetosa - Common Sorrel (Polygonaceae) clustered aecium causes spots on live leaf Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes reddish-purple spots]
aecium Rumex conglomeratus - Clustered Dock (Polygonaceae) clustered aecium causes spots on live leaf Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes reddish-purple spots]
Photos aecium Rumex crispus - Curled Dock (Polygonaceae) clustered aecium causes spots on live leaf Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes reddish-purple spots]
Photos aecium Rumex hydrolapathum - Water Dock (Polygonaceae) clustered aecium causes spots on live leaf Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes reddish-purple spots]
Photos aecium Rumex obtusifolius - Broad-leaved Dock (Polygonaceae) clustered aecium causes spots on live leaf Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes reddish-purple spots]
pycnium Rheum x hybridum (R. palmatum x rhaponticum) - Rhubarb (Polygonaceae) pycnium parasitises live Minor Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos pycnium Rumex acetosa - Common Sorrel (Polygonaceae) pycnium parasitises live Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
pycnium Rumex conglomeratus - Clustered Dock (Polygonaceae) pycnium parasitises live Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos pycnium Rumex crispus - Curled Dock (Polygonaceae) pycnium parasitises live Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos pycnium Rumex hydrolapathum - Water Dock (Polygonaceae) pycnium parasitises live Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos pycnium Rumex obtusifolius - Broad-leaved Dock (Polygonaceae) pycnium parasitises live Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos telium Phragmites australis - Common Reed (Poaceae) telium parasitises live leaf Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos uredium Phragmites australis - Common Reed (Poaceae) uredium parasitises live leaf Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997

There may be more taxa associated with Puccinia phragmitis listed at higher taxonomic level

Puccinia
(a genus of rust fungi)

Associated with Puccinia phragmitis:

aecium (old) old aecium is parasitised by effuse colony of Cladobotryum anamorph Cladosporium aecidiicola - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus (Mycosphaerellales: Mycosphaerellaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997

Puccinia phragmitis may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)
UREDINALES
(rust fungi)
Puccinia
(a genus of rust fungi)

References

Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998 Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook
Kurose, D., Renals, T., Shaw, R., Furuya, N., Takagi, M. & Evans, H., 2006 Fallopia japonica, an increasingly intractable weed problem in the UK: Can fungi help cut through this Gordian knot?

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