Eocronartium muscicola (Pers.) Fitzp.
(Moss Rust)

Interactions where Eocronartium muscicola is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
parasitises live BRYOPSIDA mosses Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Platygloeales/Eocronartiaceae/Eocronartium muscicola/Eocronartium muscicolamoss rust Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Bryophyta/Bryopsida/Bryopsidamosseslive
parasitises live UK/Ireland Fissidens pocket mosses Dicranales: Fissidentaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Platygloeales/Eocronartiaceae/Eocronartium muscicola/Eocronartium muscicolamoss rust Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Bryophyta/Bryopsida/Dicranales/Fissidentaceae/Fissidens/Fissidenspocket mosseslive
parasitises live UK/Ireland Palustriella commutata s.l. curled hook-moss Hypnales: Amblystegiaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Platygloeales/Eocronartiaceae/Eocronartium muscicola/Eocronartium muscicolamoss rust Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Bryophyta/Bryopsida/Hypnales/Amblystegiaceae/Palustriella commutata s.l./Palustriella commutata s.l.curled hook-mosslive
parasitises live UK/Ireland Hylocomium wood-mosses Hypnales: Hylocomiaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Platygloeales/Eocronartiaceae/Eocronartium muscicola/Eocronartium muscicolamoss rust Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Bryophyta/Bryopsida/Hypnales/Hylocomiaceae/Hylocomium/Hylocomiumwood-mosseslive
parasitises live UK/Ireland Leskea polycarpa Many-fruited Leskea Hypnales: Leskeaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Platygloeales/Eocronartiaceae/Eocronartium muscicola/Eocronartium muscicolamoss rust Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Bryophyta/Bryopsida/Hypnales/Leskeaceae/Leskea polycarpa/Leskea polycarpamany-fruited leskealive

Author & YearTitleSource
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Eocronartium muscicola (Moss Rust) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Eocronartium muscicola (Moss Rust) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesEocronartium muscicola (Moss Rust)
FamilyEOCRONARTIACEAE (a family of pucciniomycetes)
OrderPLATYGLOEALES (an order of pucciniomycetes)
ClassPUCCINIOMYCETES (rust fungi etc)
SubphylumPUCCINIOMYCOTINA (rust fungi etc)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Eocronartium muscicola (Moss Rust)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Petersen, J.H. 1999 Key to the genera of clavarioid fungi in Northern Europe 7pp

Eocronartium muscicola (Moss Rust) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Eocronartium muscicola (Moss Rust):

Rare

VU/D2

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