Puccinia tumida Grev.
(Pignut Rust)

Interactions where Puccinia tumida 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
telium (grouped) grouped telium causes gall of live leaf (petiole) Conopodium majus Pignut Apiales: Apiaceae 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
Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia tumida/Puccinia tumidapignut rustgroupedtelium Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Conopodium majus/Conopodium majuspignutliveleaf (petiole) (4-5)
telium (grouped) grouped telium causes gall of live leaf (veins) Conopodium majus Pignut Apiales: Apiaceae 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
Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia tumida/Puccinia tumidapignut rustgroupedtelium Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Conopodium majus/Conopodium majuspignutliveleaf (veins) (4-5)
uredium uredium causes gall of live Minor Conopodium majus Pignut Apiales: Apiaceae 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
Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia tumida/Puccinia tumidapignut rusturedium Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Conopodium majus/Conopodium majuspignutliveMinor

Author & YearTitleSource
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls95pp, British Plant Gall Society (BPGS)

Puccinia tumida (Pignut Rust) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Puccinia tumida (Pignut Rust) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPuccinia tumida (Pignut Rust)
GenusPuccinia (a genus of rust fungi)
FamilyPUCCINIACEAE (a family of rust fungi)
OrderPUCCINIALES (rust fungi)
ClassPUCCINIOMYCETES (rust fungi etc)
SubphylumPUCCINIOMYCOTINA (rust fungi etc)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Puccinia tumida (Pignut Rust)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Shattock, R.C. 2004 Microcyclic rusts, m-haustoria and … mycophyllas? Field Mycology Vol 5 (4): 132-136.

Puccinia tumida (Pignut Rust) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Puccinia tumida (Pignut Rust):

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