Puccinia buxi Sowerby
(Box Rust)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPuccinia buxi (Box 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 buxi (Box Rust) :
1: Puccinia buxi (Box Rust)
19 Apr 2010 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 0’ W Vice County: Oxon (VC 23) England
telia, on living Box leaves
Image 1: Infected shoot - top surface - black backgroundImage 2: Infected shoot - under surface - black backgroundImage 3: Leaf spots on upper leaf surface - close-up - enlargedImage 4: Telia on lower leaf surface - close-up - enlargedImage 5: Telia on top surface of leaf - highly enlargedImage 6: Telia on top surface of leaf - highly enlarged (2)Image 7: Telia on top surface of leaf - magnifiedImage 8: Telia on top surface of leaf - magnified (2)Image 9: Telia on under surface of leaf - highly enlargedImage 10: Telia on under surface of leaf - highly enlarged (2)Image 11: Telia on under surface of leaf - magnifiedImage 12: Telia on under surface of leaf - magnified (2)Image 13: Telia on under surface of leaf - magnified (3)Image 14: Telium on top surface of leaf - magnifiedImage 15: Telium on top surface of leaf - magnified (2)Image 16: Telium on top surface of leaf - magnified (3)Image 17: Telium on top surface of leaf - oblique view - magnifiedImage 18: Telium on top surface of leaf - side view - magnifiedImage 19: Telium on top surface of leaf - side view - magnified (2)Image 20: Telium on under surface of leaf - magnifiedImage 21: Teliospores - magnifiedImage 22: Teliospores - magnified (2)Image 23: Teliospores - microscope low magnification
2: Puccinia buxi (Box Rust)
7 Oct 2000 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on Box leaves
Image 1: Telia on Box leaf - topImage 2: Telia on Box leaf - under sideImage 3: Telia on Box leaves - topImage 4: Telia on Box leaves - under sideImage 5: Telia - just opening - lower leaf surface - magnifiedImage 6: Telia - lower leaf surface - magnifiedImage 7: Telia - top leaf surface - magnifiedImage 8: Telium - lower leaf surface - magnifiedImage 9: Telium - magnifiedImage 10: Teliospore - magnifiedImage 11: Teliospores - magnifiedImage 12: Teliospores - magnified (2)Image 13: Teliospores - magnified (3)Image 14: Teliospores - magnified (4)Image 15: Teliospores - magnified (5)
3: Puccinia buxi (Box Rust)
9 May 1976 OSGR: SD76 54° 10’ N, 2° 20’ W Vice County: Mid-west Yorks (VC 64) England
telia, on Box
Image 1: Telia - immature - magnifiedImage 2: Telia - magnifiedImage 3: Telium - mature - with dusting of basidiospores - magnified

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Shattock, R.C. 2004 Microcyclic rusts, m-haustoria and … mycophyllas? Field Mycology Vol 5 (4): 132-136.

Puccinia buxi (Box 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 buxi (Box Rust)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Puccinia buxi (Box Rust)
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