Puccinia calthae Link
(a rust fungus)

Interactions where Puccinia calthae 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
aecium		aecium causes gall of live stem			Caltha palustris	Marsh-marigold	Ranunculales: Ranunculaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 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/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia calthae/	Puccinia calthae	a rust fungus				aecium	Foodplant / gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Caltha palustris/	Caltha palustris	marsh-marigold		live	stem
pycnium		pycnium parasitises live			Caltha palustris	Marsh-marigold	Ranunculales: Ranunculaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia calthae/	Puccinia calthae	a rust fungus				pycnium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Caltha palustris/	Caltha palustris	marsh-marigold		live
telium (amphigenous)		amphigenous telium parasitises live leaf			Caltha palustris	Marsh-marigold	Ranunculales: Ranunculaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia calthae/	Puccinia calthae	a rust fungus		amphigenous		telium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Caltha palustris/	Caltha palustris	marsh-marigold		live	leaf
uredium		uredium parasitises live			Caltha palustris	Marsh-marigold	Ranunculales: Ranunculaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia calthae/	Puccinia calthae	a rust fungus				uredium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Caltha palustris/	Caltha palustris	marsh-marigold		live

Author & Year	Title	Source
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota	517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986	Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls	95pp, British Plant Gall Society (BPGS)

Puccinia calthae (a rust fungus) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Puccinia
(a genus of rust fungi)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Puccinia calthae (a rust fungus) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Puccinia
(a genus of rust fungi)

PUCCINIALES
(rust fungi)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Puccinia calthae (a rust fungus)
Genus	Puccinia (a genus of rust fungi)
Family	PUCCINIACEAE (a family of rust fungi)
Order	PUCCINIALES (rust fungi)
Class	PUCCINIOMYCETES (rust fungi etc)
Subphylum	PUCCINIOMYCOTINA (rust fungi etc)
Phylum	BASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Puccinia calthae is also a member of:
Micromycetes - microfungi (via Pucciniomycetes)
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Puccinia calthae (a rust fungus)

Puccinia calthae (a rust fungus) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

PUCCINIALES
(rust fungi)

PUCCINIOMYCETES
(rust fungi etc)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Puccinia calthae (a rust fungus):

Puccinia
(a genus of rust fungi)

PUCCINIACEAE
(a family of rust fungi)

PUCCINIALES
(rust fungi)

PUCCINIOMYCETES
(rust fungi etc)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

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