Puccinia punctiformis (F. Strauss) Röhl.
(Creeping Thistle Rust)

Interactions where Puccinia punctiformis 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 (uredinoid, hypophyllous) uredinoid, hypophyllous aecium infects and damages live leaf Cirsium arvense Creeping Thistle Asterales: Asteraceae 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 punctiformis/Puccinia punctiformiscreeping thistle rusturedinoid, hypophyllousaecium Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium arvense/Cirsium arvensecreeping thistleliveleaf (5)
pycnium (honey-scented, hypophyllous, covering whole leaf surface) honey-scented, hypophyllous, covering whole leaf surface pycnium infects and damages live leaf Cirsium arvense Creeping Thistle Asterales: Asteraceae 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 punctiformis/Puccinia punctiformiscreeping thistle rusthoney-scented, hypophyllous, covering whole leaf surfacepycnium Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium arvense/Cirsium arvensecreeping thistleliveleaf (late 4)
telium telium infects and damages Cirsium arvense Creeping Thistle Asterales: Asteraceae 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 punctiformis/Puccinia punctiformiscreeping thistle rusttelium Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium arvense/Cirsium arvensecreeping thistle
uredium (scattered, hypophyllous, covering whole leaf surface) scattered, hypophyllous, covering whole leaf surface uredium infects and damages live of leaf Cirsium arvense Creeping Thistle Asterales: Asteraceae 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 punctiformis/Puccinia punctiformiscreeping thistle rustscattered, hypophyllous, covering whole leaf surfaceuredium Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium arvense/Cirsium arvensecreeping thistleliveleaf (7)

Interactions where Puccinia punctiformis is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

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

Filters:

Affected Part 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 Summary
is grazed by larva Foreign Mycodiplosis coniophaga a gall midge Diptera: Cecidomyiidae Revision in Mitteleuropa vorkommender mycophager Gallmucken der Mycodiplosis-gruppe (Diptera, Cecidomiidae) unter Berucksichtigung ihrer Wirtspezifitat, Holz, B., 1970
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Cecidomyiidae/Mycodiplosis coniophaga/Mycodiplosis coniophagaa gall midgelarva Fungus / external feederForeign /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia punctiformis/Puccinia punctiformiscreeping thistle rust larva grazes on
(live) live is parasitised by circularly arranged sporodochium of Tuberculina anamorph UK/Ireland Tuberculina persicina an anamorphic pucciniomycete Helicobasidiales: Helicobasidiaceae Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Helicobasidiales/Helicobasidiaceae/Tuberculina persicina/Tuberculina persicinaan anamorphic pucciniomycetecircularly arrangedsporodochiumTuberculina anamorph Fungus / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia punctiformis/Puccinia punctiformiscreeping thistle rustlive circularly arranged sporodochium of Tuberculina anamorph parasitises live

Author & YearTitleSource
Dennis, R.W.G., 1995Fungi of the South East England383pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Holz, B., 1970Revision in Mitteleuropa vorkommender mycophager Gallmucken der Mycodiplosis-gruppe (Diptera, Cecidomiidae) unter Berucksichtigung ihrer Wirtspezifitat
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

Puccinia punctiformis (Creeping Thistle Rust) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Puccinia punctiformis (Creeping Thistle Rust) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPuccinia punctiformis (Creeping Thistle Rust)
GenusPuccinia (a genus of rust fungi)
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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Puccinia punctiformis (Creeping Thistle Rust)

Puccinia punctiformis (Creeping Thistle Rust) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Wilson, M. 1940 The British species of Puccinia included under "P. syngenesiarum" with notes upon the British rust fungi occurring on thistles TBMS Vol 24(2): 244-250.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Puccinia punctiformis (Creeping Thistle Rust):

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