Puccinia kusanoi Dietel
(a bamboo rust)

Interactions where Puccinia kusanoi is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction 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 parasitises			Deutzia	deutzias	Cornales: Hydrangeaceae	Rust Flora of Japan, Hiratsuka, N. et al (eds), 1992	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia kusanoi/	Puccinia kusanoi	a bamboo rust				aecium	Foodplant / parasite		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Cornales/Hydrangeaceae/Deutzia/	Deutzia	deutzias
pycnium		pycnium parasitises			Deutzia	deutzias	Cornales: Hydrangeaceae	Rust Flora of Japan, Hiratsuka, N. et al (eds), 1992	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia kusanoi/	Puccinia kusanoi	a bamboo rust				pycnium	Foodplant / parasite		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Cornales/Hydrangeaceae/Deutzia/	Deutzia	deutzias
telium (hypophyllous)		hypophyllous telium parasitises live leaf			Arundinaria	a genus of bamboos	Poales: Poaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Rust Flora of Japan, Hiratsuka, N. et al (eds), 1992	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia kusanoi/	Puccinia kusanoi	a bamboo rust		hypophyllous		telium	Foodplant / parasite		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Arundinaria/	Arundinaria	a genus of bamboos		live	leaf
uredium (hypophyllous)		hypophyllous uredium parasitises live leaf			Arundinaria	a genus of bamboos	Poales: Poaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Rust Flora of Japan, Hiratsuka, N. et al (eds), 1992	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia kusanoi/	Puccinia kusanoi	a bamboo rust		hypophyllous		uredium	Foodplant / parasite		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Arundinaria/	Arundinaria	a genus of bamboos		live	leaf
telium		telium parasitises			Pleioblastus	a genus of Bamboos	Poales: Poaceae	Rust Flora of Japan, Hiratsuka, N. et al (eds), 1992	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia kusanoi/	Puccinia kusanoi	a bamboo rust				telium	Foodplant / parasite		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Pleioblastus/	Pleioblastus	a genus of Bamboos
uredium		uredium parasitises			Pleioblastus	a genus of Bamboos	Poales: Poaceae	Rust Flora of Japan, Hiratsuka, N. et al (eds), 1992	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia kusanoi/	Puccinia kusanoi	a bamboo rust				uredium	Foodplant / parasite		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Pleioblastus/	Pleioblastus	a genus of Bamboos
telium		telium parasitises			Sasa	a genus of bamboos	Poales: Poaceae	Rust Flora of Japan, Hiratsuka, N. et al (eds), 1992	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia kusanoi/	Puccinia kusanoi	a bamboo rust				telium	Foodplant / parasite		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Sasa/	Sasa	a genus of bamboos
uredium		uredium parasitises			Sasa	a genus of bamboos	Poales: Poaceae	Rust Flora of Japan, Hiratsuka, N. et al (eds), 1992	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia kusanoi/	Puccinia kusanoi	a bamboo rust				uredium	Foodplant / parasite		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Sasa/	Sasa	a genus of bamboos
telium		telium parasitises			Semiarundinaria	a genus of bamboos	Poales: Poaceae	Rust Flora of Japan, Hiratsuka, N. et al (eds), 1992	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia kusanoi/	Puccinia kusanoi	a bamboo rust				telium	Foodplant / parasite		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Semiarundinaria/	Semiarundinaria	a genus of bamboos
uredium		uredium parasitises			Semiarundinaria	a genus of bamboos	Poales: Poaceae	Rust Flora of Japan, Hiratsuka, N. et al (eds), 1992	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia kusanoi/	Puccinia kusanoi	a bamboo rust				uredium	Foodplant / parasite		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Semiarundinaria/	Semiarundinaria	a genus of bamboos
telium (hypophyllous)		hypophyllous telium parasitises live leaf			Semiarundinaria fastuosa	Narihira Bamboo	Poales: Poaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Two bambusicolous rust fungi new to Britain, Reid, D.A., 1978	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia kusanoi/	Puccinia kusanoi	a bamboo rust		hypophyllous		telium	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Semiarundinaria fastuosa/	Semiarundinaria fastuosa	Narihira bamboo		live	leaf
uredium (hypophyllous)		hypophyllous uredium parasitises live leaf			Semiarundinaria fastuosa	Narihira Bamboo	Poales: Poaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Two bambusicolous rust fungi new to Britain, Reid, D.A., 1978	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia kusanoi/	Puccinia kusanoi	a bamboo rust		hypophyllous		uredium	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Semiarundinaria fastuosa/	Semiarundinaria fastuosa	Narihira bamboo		live	leaf

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
Hiratsuka, N. et al (eds), 1992	Rust Flora of Japan	Edition 1 edition, 1207pp
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
Reid, D.A., 1978	Two bambusicolous rust fungi new to Britain	TBMS Vol 70 (3): 459-463.

Puccinia kusanoi (a bamboo rust) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Puccinia
(a genus of rust fungi)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Puccinia kusanoi (a bamboo rust) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Puccinia
(a genus of rust fungi)

PUCCINIALES
(rust fungi)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Puccinia kusanoi (a bamboo rust)
Genus	Puccinia (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)

Puccinia kusanoi 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 Puccinia kusanoi (a bamboo rust)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Reid, D.A.	1978	Two bambusicolous rust fungi new to Britain	TBMS Vol 70 (3): 459-463.

Puccinia kusanoi (a bamboo 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))

General Works

Author	Year	Title	Source
Ing, B.	1983	A second record of a bamboo rust in Britain	Bull. Br. mycol. Soc. Vol 17 (2): 148.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Puccinia kusanoi (a bamboo rust):

Puccinia
(a genus of rust fungi)

PUCCINIACEAE
(a family of rust fungi)

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))

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