Wilsoniana bliti (Biv.) Thines
(Amaranth White Rust)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesWilsoniana bliti (Amaranth White Rust)
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 Wilsoniana bliti (Amaranth White Rust) :
1: Wilsoniana bliti (Amaranth White Rust)
21 Aug 2018 OSGR: ST90 50° 50’ N, 2° 10’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
white rust, hypophyllous on leaves of amaranth
Image 1: Infected leaves - top surface - white backgroundImage 2: Infected leaves - under surface - white backgroundImage 3: Infected shoot - top surface - white backgroundImage 4: Infected shoot - under surface - white backgroundImage 5: Lesion on leaf under surface - highly enlargedImage 6: Lesion on leaf under surface - highly enlarged (2)Image 7: Sporangiospores - magnifiedImage 8: Sporangiospores - magnified (2)Image 9: Sporangiospores - magnified (3)Image 10: Sporangiospores - magnified (4)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Spooner, B.M. 2001 New British Records 183: Albugo amaranthi (Schwein.)Kuntze Mycologist Vol 15 (2): 74.
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.

Wilsoniana bliti (Amaranth White Rust) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Wilsoniana bliti (Amaranth White Rust)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Wilsoniana bliti (Amaranth White Rust)
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