Puccinia commutata P. Syd. & Syd.
(a rust fungus)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPuccinia commutata (a rust fungus)
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 commutata (a rust fungus) :
1: Puccinia commutata (a rust fungus)
16 Jun 2015 OSGR: SZ89 50° 50’ N, 0° 40’ W Vice County: West Sussex (VC 13) England
Aecia, on Spur Valerian
Image 1: Aecia - on leaf under surfaceImage 2: Infected host plantImage 3: Infected host plant (2)Image 4: Infected host plant (3)Image 5: Leaf under surfaces with aeciaImage 6: Aecia - close-up - enlarged
2: Puccinia commutata (a rust fungus)
9 Jun 2009 OSGR: SX95 50° 20’ N, 3° 30’ W Vice County: South Devon (VC 3) England
Aecia on leaves of Spur Valerian
Image 1: Infected leaves - top surfacesImage 2: Infected leaves - under surfacesImage 3: Infected plantImage 4: Infected shoot - close-upImage 5: Aecia on leaf top surface - close-up - enlargedImage 6: Aecia on leaf under side - close-up - enlargedImage 7: Aecia on leaf under side - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 8: Aecia on leaf under side - close-up - enlarged (3)Image 9: Aecia on leaf under side - close-up - enlarged (4)Image 10: Aecia on leaf under side - close-up - enlarged (5)Image 11: Aecia on leaf under side - close-up - enlarged (6)Image 12: Aecia on leaf under side - close-up - enlarged (7)Image 13: Aecia on leaf under side - close-up - enlarged (8)Image 14: Aecia on leaf under side - close-up - enlarged (9)Image 15: Aecia on leaf under side - close-up - enlarged (10)Image 16: Aecia on leaf under side - close-up - enlarged (11)Image 17: Aecia - on leaf under side - magnifiedImage 18: Aecia - on leaf under side - magnified (2)Image 19: Aecia - on leaf under side - magnified (3)Image 20: Aecia - on leaf under side - magnified (4)Image 21: Aecia - on leaf under side - magnified (5)Image 22: Infected aecia on leaf under side - close-up - enlargedImage 23: Infected aecia - on leaf under side - magnifiedImage 24: Infected aecia - on leaf under side - magnified (2)Image 25: Infected aecia on leaf under side - magnifiedImage 26: Infected aecia - on leaf under side - magnifiedImage 27: Infected aecia - on leaf under side - magnified (2)Image 28: Infected aecia - on leaf under side - magnified (3)Image 29: Aeciospores (and a few peridial cells) - magnifiedImage 30: Aeciospores - magnifiedImage 31: Aeciospores - highly magnifiedImage 32: Aeciospores - highly magnified (2)Image 33: Peridial cells - magnifiedImage 34: Peridial cells - magnified (2)
3: Puccinia commutata (a rust fungus)
9 Jun 2009 OSGR: SX95 50° 20’ N, 3° 30’ W Vice County: South Devon (VC 3) England
Aecia, on Spur Valerian
Image 1: Infected plantImage 2: Infected plant (2)Image 3: Aecia - on leaf underside - close-up - enlargedImage 4: Aecia - on leaf underside - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 5: Infected aecia - on leaf underside - close-up - enlargedImage 6: Infected aecia - on leaf underside - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 7: Infected aecia - on leaf underside - close-up - enlarged (3)Image 8: Infected aecia - on leaf underside - close-up - enlarged (4)Image 9: Infected aecia - on leaf underside - close-up - enlarged (5)Image 10: Infected aecia - on leaf underside - close-up - enlarged (6)Image 11: Infected aecia - on leaf underside - close-up - enlarged (7)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Dennis, R.W.G. & Wakefield, E.M. 1946 New or interesting British fungi TBMS Vol 29 (3): 141-166.

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

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Puccinia commutata (a rust fungus)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 15 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Puccinia commutata (a rust fungus)

Rare

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A rare rust on the leaves of Spur Valerian.

First and only British record in 2009.

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