Frommeëlla tormentillae (Fuckel) Cummins & Y. Hirats.
(a rust fungus)

Interactions where Frommeëlla tormentillae is the controlling partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'References').

Stage		Summary			Taxon	Vernacular	Classification	References	Darwin Classification of Active Taxon	Active Taxon	Active Vernacular	Active Taxon Uncertain	Active State	Active Part	Active Stage	Relationship	Relationship Uncertain	Relationship Geography	Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon	Passive Taxon	Passive Vernacular	Passive Taxon Uncertain	Passive State	Passive Part	Passive Stage	Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon	Indoors etc	Season
aecium (epiphyllous, uredinoid)		epiphyllous, uredinoid aecium parasitises live leaf			Potentilla erecta ssp erecta	Tormentil	Rosales: Rosaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Phragmidiaceae/Frommeëlla tormentillae/	Frommeëlla tormentillae	a rust fungus		epiphyllous, uredinoid		aecium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Potentilla erecta subsp. erecta/	Potentilla erecta subsp. erecta	tormentil		live	leaf		Major
aecium (epiphyllous, uredinoid)		epiphyllous, uredinoid aecium parasitises moribund leaf			Potentilla erecta ssp erecta	Tormentil	Rosales: Rosaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Phragmidiaceae/Frommeëlla tormentillae/	Frommeëlla tormentillae	a rust fungus		epiphyllous, uredinoid		aecium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Potentilla erecta subsp. erecta/	Potentilla erecta subsp. erecta	tormentil		moribund	leaf		Major		(late autumn)
pycnium		pycnium parasitises live			Potentilla erecta ssp erecta	Tormentil	Rosales: Rosaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Phragmidiaceae/Frommeëlla tormentillae/	Frommeëlla tormentillae	a rust fungus				pycnium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Potentilla erecta subsp. erecta/	Potentilla erecta subsp. erecta	tormentil		live			Major
telium		telium parasitises live			Potentilla erecta ssp erecta	Tormentil	Rosales: Rosaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Phragmidiaceae/Frommeëlla tormentillae/	Frommeëlla tormentillae	a rust fungus				telium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Potentilla erecta subsp. erecta/	Potentilla erecta subsp. erecta	tormentil		live			Major
uredium (hypophyllous)		hypophyllous uredium parasitises live leaf			Potentilla erecta ssp erecta	Tormentil	Rosales: Rosaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Phragmidiaceae/Frommeëlla tormentillae/	Frommeëlla tormentillae	a rust fungus		hypophyllous		uredium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Potentilla erecta subsp. erecta/	Potentilla erecta subsp. erecta	tormentil		live	leaf		Major
uredium (hypophyllous)		hypophyllous uredium parasitises moribund leaf			Potentilla erecta ssp erecta	Tormentil	Rosales: Rosaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Phragmidiaceae/Frommeëlla tormentillae/	Frommeëlla tormentillae	a rust fungus		hypophyllous		uredium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Potentilla erecta subsp. erecta/	Potentilla erecta subsp. erecta	tormentil		moribund	leaf		Major		(late autumn)
aecium (epiphyllous, uredinoid)		epiphyllous, uredinoid aecium parasitises live leaf			Potentilla reptans	Creeping Cinquefoil	Rosales: Rosaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Phragmidiaceae/Frommeëlla tormentillae/	Frommeëlla tormentillae	a rust fungus		epiphyllous, uredinoid		aecium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Potentilla reptans/	Potentilla reptans	creeping cinquefoil		live	leaf		Rare
pycnium		pycnium parasitises live			Potentilla reptans	Creeping Cinquefoil	Rosales: Rosaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Phragmidiaceae/Frommeëlla tormentillae/	Frommeëlla tormentillae	a rust fungus				pycnium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Potentilla reptans/	Potentilla reptans	creeping cinquefoil		live			Rare
telium		telium parasitises live			Potentilla reptans	Creeping Cinquefoil	Rosales: Rosaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Phragmidiaceae/Frommeëlla tormentillae/	Frommeëlla tormentillae	a rust fungus				telium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Potentilla reptans/	Potentilla reptans	creeping cinquefoil		live			Rare
uredium (hypophyllous)		hypophyllous uredium parasitises live leaf			Potentilla reptans	Creeping Cinquefoil	Rosales: Rosaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Phragmidiaceae/Frommeëlla tormentillae/	Frommeëlla tormentillae	a rust fungus		hypophyllous		uredium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Potentilla reptans/	Potentilla reptans	creeping cinquefoil		live	leaf		Rare

Frommeëlla tormentillae (a rust fungus) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Frommeëlla tormentillae (a rust fungus) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

PHRAGMIDIACEAE
(a family of rust fungi)

PUCCINIALES
(rust fungi)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

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

Author & Year	Title	Source
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota	517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Frommeëlla tormentillae (a rust fungus)
Family	PHRAGMIDIACEAE (a family of rust fungi)
Order	PUCCINIALES (rust fungi)
Class	PUCCINIOMYCETES (pucciniomycete fungi)
Subphylum	PUCCINIOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
Phylum	BASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Frommeëlla tormentillae 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.)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Frommeëlla tormentillae (a rust fungus)

Frommeëlla tormentillae (a rust fungus) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

PUCCINIALES
(rust fungi)

PUCCINIOMYCETES
(pucciniomycete fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Frommeëlla tormentillae (a rust fungus):

PUCCINIALES
(rust fungi)

PUCCINIOMYCETES
(pucciniomycete fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

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