Melampsora rostrupii Wagner
(Dog’s Mercury Rust)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMelampsora rostrupii (Dog’s Mercury Rust)
GenusMelampsora (a genus of rust fungi)
FamilyMELAMPSORACEAE (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 Melampsora rostrupii (Dog’s Mercury Rust) :
1: Melampsora rostrupii (Dog’s Mercury Rust)
19 Apr 2007 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Aecia and pycnia on Dog’s Mercury leaf
Image 1: Infected leaf - undersideImage 2: Aecia - magnifiedImage 3: Aecia - magnified (2)Image 4: Infection - leaf upperside - close-up - enlargedImage 5: Infection - leaf underside - close-up - enlargedImage 6: Pycnia - on leaf top surface - magnifiedImage 7: Pycnia - on leaf top surface - magnified (2)Image 8: Pycnia - on leaf top surface - magnified (3)
2: Melampsora rostrupii (Dog’s Mercury Rust)
19 Apr 2007 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Pycnia, surrounded by aecia on green parts of Dog’s Mercury
Image 1: Infected plant - in situImage 2: Infected plant - in situ (2)Image 3: Infected plant - black backgroundImage 4: Infected plant - black background (2)Image 5: Pycnia - on leaf top surface - magnifiedImage 6: Aeciospores and peridial cells - magnifiedImage 7: Aeciospores and peridial cells - magnified (2)Image 8: Aeciospores and peridial cells - profile view - magnifiedImage 9: Aeciospores and peridial cells - profile view - magnified (2)Image 10: Aeciospores and peridial cells - surface view - magnifiedImage 11: Aeciospores and peridial cells - surface view - magnified (2)Image 12: Aeciospores - profile view - magnifiedImage 13: Aeciospores - surface view - magnifiedImage 14: Pycnium squash prep - magnifiedImage 15: Pycnium squash prep - magnified (2)

Melampsora rostrupii (Dog’s Mercury Rust) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Melampsora rostrupii (Dog’s Mercury Rust)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 16 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Melampsora rostrupii (Dog’s Mercury Rust)
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