Puccinia veronicae (Schumach.) G. Winter
(Wood Speedwell Rust)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPuccinia veronicae (Wood Speedwell 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 veronicae (Wood Speedwell Rust) :
1: Puccinia veronicae (Wood Speedwell Rust)
2 Jul 1998 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
rust on speedwell leaves
Image 1: Infected leaves - top surfaceImage 2: Infected leaves - top surface - close-upImage 3: Infected leaves - under surfaceImage 4: Infected leaves - under surface - closeup

Identification Works

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

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