Uromyces colchici Massee
(Rusty Naked Ladies, Colchicum Rust)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Uromyces colchici (Rusty Naked Ladies, Colchicum Rust)
Genus	Uromyces (a genus of rust fungi)
Family	PUCCINIACEAE (a family of rust fungi)
Order	PUCCINIALES (rust fungi)
Class	PUCCINIOMYCETES (rust fungi etc)
Subphylum	PUCCINIOMYCOTINA (rust fungi etc)
Phylum	BASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Uromyces colchici is also a member of:
Micromycetes - microfungi (via Pucciniomycetes)
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Shorten, D., McVeigh, A., Woods, A. & Ainsworth, M.	2013	Smutty Naked Ladies: new discoveries at Long Hanborough & Westonbirt	Field Mycology Vol 14 (4): 124-127.

Uromyces colchici (Rusty Naked Ladies, Colchicum Rust) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

PUCCINIALES
(rust fungi)

PUCCINIOMYCETES
(rust fungi etc)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Uromyces colchici (Rusty Naked Ladies, Colchicum Rust)

BioInfo

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Uromyces colchici (Rusty Naked Ladies, Colchicum Rust)

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