Gymnosporangium sabinae (Dicks.) G. Winter
(European Pear Rust)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesGymnosporangium sabinae (European Pear Rust)
GenusGymnosporangium (juniper rust)
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 Gymnosporangium sabinae (European Pear Rust) :
1: Gymnosporangium sabinae (European Pear Rust)
28 Aug 2009 OSGR: SU32 51° 0’ N, 1° 30’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Aecia on Indian Wild Pear
Image 1: Infected leaf - top surface - white backgroundImage 2: Infected leaf - top surface - white background (2)Image 3: Infected leaf - top surface - white background (3)Image 4: Infected leaf - top surface - white background (4)Image 5: Infected leaf - under surface - white backgroundImage 6: Infected leaf - under surface - white background (2)Image 7: Infected leaf - under surface - white background (3)
2: Gymnosporangium sabinae (European Pear Rust)
28 Aug 2009 OSGR: SU32 51° 0’ N, 1° 30’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Aecia on Pyrus x serrulata
Image 1: Infected leaf - top surface - white backgroundImage 2: Infected leaf - top surface - white background (2)Image 3: Infected leaf - top surface - white background (3)Image 4: Infected leaf - under surface - white backgroundImage 5: Infected leaf - under surface - white background (2)Image 6: Infected leaf - under surface - white background (3)
3: Gymnosporangium sabinae (European Pear Rust)
10 Sep 2008 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Aecial galls on Pear leaf
Image 1: Infected leaf - top surface - white backgroundImage 2: Infected leaf - top surface - white background (2)Image 3: Infected leaf - top surface - white background (3)Image 4: Infected leaf - top surface - white background (4)Image 5: Infected leaf - under surface - white backgroundImage 6: Infected leaf - under surface - white background (2)Image 7: Infected leaf - under surface - white background (3)Image 8: Infected leaf - under surface - white background (4)Image 9: Aecia - highly enlargedImage 10: Aecia - highly enlarged (2)Image 11: Aecia - highly enlarged (3)Image 12: Aecia - highly enlarged (4)Image 13: Aecia - highly enlarged (5)Image 14: Aecia - highly enlarged (6)Image 15: Infection - just ripening - under surface - close-up - enlargedImage 16: Infection - ripe - under surface - close-up - enlargedImage 17: Infection - top surface with pycnia - close-up - enlargedImage 18: Infection - top surface with pycnia - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 19: Infection - top surface with pycnia - close-up - enlarged (3)Image 20: Infection - top surface with pycnia - close-up - enlarged (4)Image 21: Infection - unripe - under surface - close-up - enlargedImage 22: Infection - unripe - under surface - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 23: Pycnia - magnifiedImage 24: Pycnia - magnified (2)Image 25: Pycnia - magnified (3)Image 26: Aeciospores - above equatorial view showing pores in dimples - highly magnifiedImage 27: Aeciospores - above equatorial view showing pores in dimples - highly magnified (2)Image 28: Aeciospores - equatorial view - magnifiedImage 29: Aeciospores - equatorial view showing pores in dimples - highly magnifiedImage 30: Aeciospores - surface view - magnifiedImage 31: Aeciospores - surface view to show pores - highly magnifiedImage 32: Peridium - magnifiedImage 33: Peridium - microscope low magnificationImage 34: Peridium - microscope low magnification (2)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Laundon, G. 1977 Gymnosporangium fuscum DC. I.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 545.

Gymnosporangium sabinae (European Pear Rust) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Gymnosporangium sabinae (European Pear Rust)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 16 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Gymnosporangium sabinae (European Pear Rust)
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