Puccinia asarina Kunze
(Asarabacca Rust)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPuccinia asarina (Asarabacca 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)
Records of Puccinia asarina (Asarabacca Rust) :
1: Puccinia asarina (Asarabacca Rust)
2 Sep 2011 OSGR: SY58 50° 40’ N, 2° 40’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Telia on Asarabacca
Image 1: Infected leaf - in situ - close-upImage 2: Infected leaves - in situImage 3: Infected leaves - in situ (2)Image 4: Infected plant - in situImage 5: Infected plant - in situ (2)Image 6: Telia on top surface of leaf - close-upImage 7: Telia on top surface of leaf - close-up (2)Image 8: Telia on top surface of leaf - close-up - enlargedImage 9: Telia on top surface of leaf - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 10: Telia on top surface of leaf - close-up - enlarged (3)Image 11: Telia on top surface of leaf - close-up - enlarged (4)Image 12: Telia on top surface of leaf - close-up - enlarged (5)Image 13: Telia on top surface of leaf - close-up - enlarged (6)Image 14: Telia on under surface of leaf - close-up - enlargedImage 15: Teliospores - magnifiedImage 16: Teliospores - magnified (2)Image 17: Teliospores - highly magnified

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Legon, N. 2013 Puccinia asarina Field Mycology Vol 14 (4): 136-138.

Puccinia asarina (Asarabacca Rust) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Puccinia asarina (Asarabacca Rust)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Puccinia asarina (Asarabacca Rust)
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