Albugo candida s. lat.
(White Blister or White Rust Of Brassicaceae)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAlbugo candida s. lat. (White Blister or White Rust Of Brassicaceae)
GenusAlbugo (white rusts)
FamilyALBUGINACEAE (white rusts)
OrderALBUGINALES (an order of fungi)
SubclassALBUGINOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of chromists)
ClassPERONOSPOREA (a class of fungoid organisms)
PhylumOOMYCOTA (a group of mainly plant-parasitic fungi)
KingdomCHROMISTA (algae)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Albugo candida s. lat. (White Blister or White Rust Of Brassicaceae) :
1: Albugo candida s. lat. (White Blister or White Rust Of Brassicaceae)
16 Sep 2014 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
on Perennial Wall-rocket
Image 1: Host plantImage 2: Infected inflorescence - white backgroundImage 3: Infected inflorescence - white background (2)Image 4: Infected inflorescence - white background (3)Image 5: Infected inflorescence - white background (4)Image 6: Infected inflorescence - white background (5)Image 7: Infected inflorescence - white background (6)Image 8: Infected inflorescence - white background (7)Image 9: Infected inflorescence - white background (8)Image 10: Blister on peduncle - highly enlarged - dark backgroundImage 11: Infected flower bud - LS - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 12: Infected flower buds - oblique view - enlarged - white backgroundImage 13: Infected flower buds - side view - enlarged - white backgroundImage 14: Infected flower buds - top view - enlarged - white backgroundImage 15: Infected flower - enlarged - white backgroundImage 16: Infected flower - enlarged - white background (2)Image 17: Sporangia - lightly stained with cotton blue - magnifiedImage 18: Sporangia - lightly stained with cotton blue - magnified (2)Image 19: Sporangia - stained with cotton blue - magnifiedImage 20: Sporangia - stained with cotton blue - magnified (2)Image 21: Sporangia - stained with cotton blue - highly magnified
2: Albugo candida s. lat. (White Blister or White Rust Of Brassicaceae)
25 Oct 1997 OSGR: SU10 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
on Sheperds Purse
Image 1: Contorted inflorescence due to infectionImage 2: Infected inflorescenceImage 3: Infected inflorescence (2)Image 4: Infected inflorescence of Shepherd\'s PurseImage 5: Infected plant and contorted stem due to infectionImage 6: Infected stem and seed podsImage 7: Infected stem of Shepherd\'s Purse

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Bailey, A.G. 1989 Fungal foes in your garden no 6: White Blister Mycologist Vol 03 (3): 146.
Tóth, T. & Kövics, G.J. 2015 White rust species (Chromista, Peronosporomycetes, Albuginales, Albuginaceae) on common weeds in Hungary Journal of agricultural sciences, Debrecen Vol 66: 30-33.

Albugo candida s. lat. (White Blister or White Rust Of Brassicaceae) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Albugo candida s. lat. (White Blister or White Rust Of Brassicaceae)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 37 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Albugo candida s. lat. (White Blister or White Rust Of Brassicaceae)
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