Puccinia kusanoi Dietel
(a bamboo rust)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPuccinia kusanoi (a bamboo 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 kusanoi (a bamboo rust) :
1: Puccinia kusanoi (a bamboo rust)
5 Aug 2010 OSGR: SU87 51° 30’ N, 0° 40’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
hypophyllous uredia on Dwarf Bamboo
Image 1: Uredia on leaf top surface - close-up - enlargedImage 2: Uredia on leaf under surface - close-up - enlargedImage 3: Uredia on leaf under surface - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 4: Uredospores - equatorial focus - magnifiedImage 5: Uredospores - surface focus - magnified
2: Puccinia kusanoi (a bamboo rust)
2 Apr 2000 OSGR: SU87 51° 30’ N, 0° 40’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on Dwarf Bamboo
Image 1: Host leaf tip - underside showing infection - close-upImage 2: Host leaf - uppersideImage 3: Host leaf - upperside - close-upImage 4: Host leaf - undersideImage 5: Host leaf - underside showing infection - close-upImage 6: Host leaf - underside showing infection - close-up (2)Image 7: Infection on host leaf underside - close-upImage 8: Infection on host leaf underside - close-up (2)Image 9: Telia - close-upImage 10: Uredia - close-upImage 11: Teliospores - in telium - magnifiedImage 12: Teliospores - magnifiedImage 13: Uredospores - equatorial and surface views - magnifiedImage 14: Uredospores - magnifiedImage 15: Uredospores - magnified (2)Image 16: Uredospores - magnified (3)Image 17: Uredospores - magnified (4)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Reid, D.A. 1978 Two bambusicolous rust fungi new to Britain TBMS Vol 70 (3): 459-463.

Puccinia kusanoi (a bamboo 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 kusanoi (a bamboo rust)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 12 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Puccinia kusanoi (a bamboo rust)
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