Gymnosporangium sabinae (Dicks.) G. Winter
(European Pear Rust)

Interactions where Gymnosporangium sabinae 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 (hypophyllous)		hypophyllous aecium causes gall of live leaf			Pyrus	pears	Rosales: Rosaceae	Gymnosporangium fuscum DC., Laundon, G., 1977	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Gymnosporangium sabinae/	Gymnosporangium sabinae	european pear rust		hypophyllous		aecium	Foodplant / gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Pyrus/	Pyrus	pears		live	leaf		Sole		(7-9)
pycnium (epiphyllous)		epiphyllous pycnium parasitises live leaf			Pyrus	pears	Rosales: Rosaceae	Gymnosporangium fuscum DC., Laundon, G., 1977	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Gymnosporangium sabinae/	Gymnosporangium sabinae	european pear rust		epiphyllous		pycnium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Pyrus/	Pyrus	pears		live	leaf		Sole
aecium		aecium causes gall of live leaf (petiole)			Pyrus communis s.l.	pear	Rosales: Rosaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 The Rust Fungi of the British Isles: A Guide to Identification by their Host Plants, Henderson, D.M., 2004 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/Pucciniaceae/Gymnosporangium sabinae/	Gymnosporangium sabinae	european pear rust				aecium	Foodplant / gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Pyrus communis s.l./	Pyrus communis s.l.	pear		live	leaf (petiole)				(7-9)
aecium		aecium causes gall of live fruit			Pyrus communis s.l.	pear	Rosales: Rosaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 The Rust Fungi of the British Isles: A Guide to Identification by their Host Plants, Henderson, D.M., 2004 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/Pucciniaceae/Gymnosporangium sabinae/	Gymnosporangium sabinae	european pear rust				aecium	Foodplant / gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Pyrus communis s.l./	Pyrus communis s.l.	pear		live	fruit				(7-9)
aecium (hypophyllous)		hypophyllous aecium causes gall of live leaf			Pyrus communis s.l.	pear	Rosales: Rosaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 The Rust Fungi of the British Isles: A Guide to Identification by their Host Plants, Henderson, D.M., 2004 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/Pucciniaceae/Gymnosporangium sabinae/	Gymnosporangium sabinae	european pear rust		hypophyllous		aecium	Foodplant / gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Pyrus communis s.l./	Pyrus communis s.l.	pear		live	leaf				(7-9)
pycnium		pycnium parasitises live fruit			Pyrus communis s.l.	pear	Rosales: Rosaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 The Rust Fungi of the British Isles: A Guide to Identification by their Host Plants, Henderson, D.M., 2004 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/Pucciniaceae/Gymnosporangium sabinae/	Gymnosporangium sabinae	european pear rust				pycnium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Pyrus communis s.l./	Pyrus communis s.l.	pear		live	fruit
pycnium		pycnium parasitises live leaf (petiole)			Pyrus communis s.l.	pear	Rosales: Rosaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 The Rust Fungi of the British Isles: A Guide to Identification by their Host Plants, Henderson, D.M., 2004 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/Pucciniaceae/Gymnosporangium sabinae/	Gymnosporangium sabinae	european pear rust				pycnium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Pyrus communis s.l./	Pyrus communis s.l.	pear		live	leaf (petiole)
pycnium (epiphyllous)		epiphyllous pycnium parasitises live leaf			Pyrus communis s.l.	pear	Rosales: Rosaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 The Rust Fungi of the British Isles: A Guide to Identification by their Host Plants, Henderson, D.M., 2004 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Bioimages - the Virtual Field Guide, Storey, M.W., 2015	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Gymnosporangium sabinae/	Gymnosporangium sabinae	european pear rust		epiphyllous		pycnium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Pyrus communis s.l./	Pyrus communis s.l.	pear		live	leaf
aecium (hypophyllous)		hypophyllous aecium causes gall of live leaf			Pyrus pashia	Indian Wild Pear	Rosales: Rosaceae	Bioimages - the Virtual Field Guide, Storey, M.W., 2015	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Gymnosporangium sabinae/	Gymnosporangium sabinae	european pear rust		hypophyllous		aecium	Foodplant / gall		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Pyrus pashia/	Pyrus pashia	indian wild pear		live	leaf				(7-9)
pycnium (epiphyllous)		epiphyllous pycnium parasitises live leaf			Pyrus pashia	Indian Wild Pear	Rosales: Rosaceae	Bioimages - the Virtual Field Guide, Storey, M.W., 2015	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Gymnosporangium sabinae/	Gymnosporangium sabinae	european pear rust		epiphyllous		pycnium	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Pyrus pashia/	Pyrus pashia	indian wild pear		live	leaf
aecium (hypophyllous)		hypophyllous aecium causes gall of live leaf			Pyrus x serrulata	a pear	Rosales: Rosaceae	Bioimages - the Virtual Field Guide, Storey, M.W., 2015	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Gymnosporangium sabinae/	Gymnosporangium sabinae	european pear rust		hypophyllous		aecium	Foodplant / gall		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Pyrus x serrulata/	Pyrus x serrulata	a pear		live	leaf				(7-9)
pycnium (epiphyllous)		epiphyllous pycnium parasitises live leaf			Pyrus x serrulata	a pear	Rosales: Rosaceae	Bioimages - the Virtual Field Guide, Storey, M.W., 2015	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Gymnosporangium sabinae/	Gymnosporangium sabinae	european pear rust		epiphyllous		pycnium	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Pyrus x serrulata/	Pyrus x serrulata	a pear		live	leaf
telium		telium causes gall of live, swollen branch			Juniperus chinensis	Chinese Juniper	Pinales: Cupressaceae	Gymnosporangium fuscum DC., Laundon, G., 1977	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Gymnosporangium sabinae/	Gymnosporangium sabinae	european pear rust				telium	Foodplant / gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Cupressaceae/Juniperus chinensis/	Juniperus chinensis	Chinese juniper		live, swollen	branch				(4-5)
telium		telium causes gall of live, swollen branch			Juniperus sabina	Savine	Pinales: Cupressaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 The Rust Fungi of the British Isles: A Guide to Identification by their Host Plants, Henderson, D.M., 2004 Gymnosporangium fuscum DC., Laundon, G., 1977 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/Pucciniaceae/Gymnosporangium sabinae/	Gymnosporangium sabinae	european pear rust				telium	Foodplant / gall		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Cupressaceae/Juniperus sabina/	Juniperus sabina	savine		live, swollen	branch				(4-5)
telium		telium causes gall of live, swollen branch			Juniperus virginiana	Virginian Juniper	Pinales: Cupressaceae	Gymnosporangium fuscum DC., Laundon, G., 1977	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Gymnosporangium sabinae/	Gymnosporangium sabinae	european pear rust				telium	Foodplant / gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Cupressaceae/Juniperus virginiana/	Juniperus virginiana	virginian juniper		live, swollen	branch				(4-5)

Interactions where Gymnosporangium sabinae is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

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

Filters:

Affected Part		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	Summary
		aecium is parasitised by Tuberculina anamorph			Tuberculina persicina	an anamorphic ustilaginomycete	Helicobasidiales: Helicobasidiaceae	Gymnosporangium fuscum DC., Laundon, G., 1977	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Helicobasidiales/Helicobasidiaceae/Tuberculina persicina/	Tuberculina persicina	an anamorphic ustilaginomycete				Tuberculina anamorph	Fungus / parasite			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Gymnosporangium sabinae/	Gymnosporangium sabinae	european pear rust				aecium				Tuberculina anamorph parasitises aecium

Gymnosporangium sabinae (European Pear Rust) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Gymnosporangium sabinae (European Pear Rust) may also 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
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants	Collins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Henderson, D.M., 2004	The Rust Fungi of the British Isles: A Guide to Identification by their Host Plants	35pp, British Mycological Society
Laundon, G., 1977	Gymnosporangium fuscum DC.	I.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 545.
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
Storey, M.W., 2015	Bioimages - the Virtual Field Guide	www.bioimages.org.uk

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Gymnosporangium sabinae (European Pear 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 sabinae 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 sabinae (European Pear Rust)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Laundon, G.	1977	Gymnosporangium fuscum DC.	I.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 545.

Gymnosporangium sabinae (European Pear 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 sabinae (European Pear 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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