Puccinia sorghi Schwein.
(Maize Rust)

Interactions where Puccinia sorghi 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 (hypophyllous)		hypophyllous clustercup of aecium parasitises live leaf			Oxalis	sorrels	Oxalidales: Oxalidaceae	Puccinia sorghi, Laundon, G.F. & Waterston, J.M., 1964	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia sorghi/	Puccinia sorghi	maize rust		hypophyllous	clustercup	aecium	Foodplant / parasite		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Oxalidales/Oxalidaceae/Oxalis/	Oxalis	sorrels		live	leaf
pycnium (amphigenous, grouped)		amphigenous, grouped pycnium causes spots on live leaf			Oxalis	sorrels	Oxalidales: Oxalidaceae	Puccinia sorghi, Laundon, G.F. & Waterston, J.M., 1964	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia sorghi/	Puccinia sorghi	maize rust		amphigenous, grouped		pycnium	Foodplant / spot causer		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Oxalidales/Oxalidaceae/Oxalis/	Oxalis	sorrels		live	leaf
aecium (hypophyllous)		hypophyllous clustercup of aecium parasitises live leaf			Oxalis corniculata	Procumbent Yellow-sorrel	Oxalidales: Oxalidaceae	Puccinia sorghi, Laundon, G.F. & Waterston, J.M., 1964 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/Puccinia sorghi/	Puccinia sorghi	maize rust		hypophyllous	clustercup	aecium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Oxalidales/Oxalidaceae/Oxalis corniculata/	Oxalis corniculata	procumbent yellow-sorrel		live	leaf			Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally induced
pycnium (amphigenous, grouped)		amphigenous, grouped pycnium causes spots on live leaf			Oxalis corniculata	Procumbent Yellow-sorrel	Oxalidales: Oxalidaceae	Puccinia sorghi, Laundon, G.F. & Waterston, J.M., 1964 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/Puccinia sorghi/	Puccinia sorghi	maize rust		amphigenous, grouped		pycnium	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Oxalidales/Oxalidaceae/Oxalis corniculata/	Oxalis corniculata	procumbent yellow-sorrel		live	leaf			Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally induced
telium (black, open)		black, open telium parasitises live leaf			Zea mays	Maize	Poales: Poaceae	Puccinia sorghi, Laundon, G.F. & Waterston, J.M., 1964 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/Puccinia sorghi/	Puccinia sorghi	maize rust		black, open		telium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Zea mays/	Zea mays	maize		live	leaf
telium (black, open)		black, open telium parasitises live sheath			Zea mays	Maize	Poales: Poaceae	Puccinia sorghi, Laundon, G.F. & Waterston, J.M., 1964 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/Puccinia sorghi/	Puccinia sorghi	maize rust		black, open		telium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Zea mays/	Zea mays	maize		live	sheath
uredium (amphigenous)		amphigenous elongate of uredium parasitises live leaf			Zea mays	Maize	Poales: Poaceae	Puccinia sorghi, Laundon, G.F. & Waterston, J.M., 1964 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/Puccinia sorghi/	Puccinia sorghi	maize rust		amphigenous	elongate	uredium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Zea mays/	Zea mays	maize		live	leaf
uredium (amphigenous)		amphigenous elongate of uredium parasitises live sheath			Zea mays	Maize	Poales: Poaceae	Puccinia sorghi, Laundon, G.F. & Waterston, J.M., 1964 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/Puccinia sorghi/	Puccinia sorghi	maize rust		amphigenous	elongate	uredium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Zea mays/	Zea mays	maize		live	sheath

Author & Year	Title	Source
Laundon, G.F. & Waterston, J.M., 1964	Puccinia sorghi	I.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 3.
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

Puccinia sorghi (Maize 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 sorghi (Maize 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 sorghi (Maize 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 sorghi 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 sorghi (Maize Rust)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Laundon, G.F. & Waterston, J.M.	1964	Puccinia sorghi	I.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 3.

Puccinia sorghi (Maize 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))

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Puccinia sorghi (Maize 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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