Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae Schwein.
(American Apple Rust)

Interactions where Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae 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		aecium causes gall of live stem			Malus	apples	Rosales: Rosaceae	Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae Schwein., Laundon, G., 1977	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae/	Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae	american apple rust				aecium	Foodplant / gall		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Malus/	Malus	apples		live	stem
aecium		aecium causes gall of live fruit			Malus	apples	Rosales: Rosaceae	Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae Schwein., Laundon, G., 1977	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae/	Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae	american apple rust				aecium	Foodplant / gall		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Malus/	Malus	apples		live	fruit
aecium (hypophyllous)		hypophyllous aecium causes gall of live leaf			Malus	apples	Rosales: Rosaceae	Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae Schwein., Laundon, G., 1977	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae/	Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae	american apple rust		hypophyllous		aecium	Foodplant / gall		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Malus/	Malus	apples		live	leaf		Major
pycnium (epiphyllouson slightly thickened brown spots)		epiphyllouson slightly thickened brown spots pycnium causes gall of live leaf			Malus	apples	Rosales: Rosaceae	Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae Schwein., Laundon, G., 1977	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae/	Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae	american apple rust		epiphyllouson slightly thickened brown spots		pycnium	Foodplant / gall		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Malus/	Malus	apples		live	leaf
aecium		aecium causes gall of live stem			Malus pumila	Apple	Rosales: Rosaceae	Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae Schwein., Laundon, G., 1977	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae/	Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae	american apple rust				aecium	Foodplant / gall		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Malus pumila/	Malus pumila	apple		live	stem
aecium		aecium causes gall of live fruit			Malus pumila	Apple	Rosales: Rosaceae	Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae Schwein., Laundon, G., 1977	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae/	Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae	american apple rust				aecium	Foodplant / gall		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Malus pumila/	Malus pumila	apple		live	fruit
aecium (hypophyllous)		hypophyllous aecium causes gall of live leaf			Malus pumila	Apple	Rosales: Rosaceae	Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae Schwein., Laundon, G., 1977	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae/	Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae	american apple rust		hypophyllous		aecium	Foodplant / gall		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Malus pumila/	Malus pumila	apple		live	leaf		Major
pycnium (epiphyllous)		epiphyllous pycnium causes gall of live leaf			Malus pumila	Apple	Rosales: Rosaceae	Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae Schwein., Laundon, G., 1977	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae/	Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae	american apple rust		epiphyllous		pycnium	Foodplant / gall		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Malus pumila/	Malus pumila	apple		live	leaf

Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae (American Apple Rust) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae (American Apple Rust) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

PUCCINIALES
(rust fungi)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

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

Author & Year	Title	Source
Laundon, G., 1977	Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae Schwein.	I.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 547.

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae (American Apple Rust)
Genus	Gymnosporangium (a genus of rust fungi)
Family	PUCCINIACEAE (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)

Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae 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 Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae (American Apple Rust)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Laundon, G.	1977	Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae Schwein.	I.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 547.

Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae (American Apple Rust) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Gymnosporangium
(a genus of rust fungi)

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 Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae (American Apple Rust):

Gymnosporangium
(a genus of rust fungi)

PUCCINIACEAE
(a family of rust fungi)

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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