Uromyces scutellatus (Schrank) Lév.
(Cypress Spurge Rust)

Interactions where Uromyces scutellatus 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 (hypophyllous)		hypophyllous telium infects and damages live, deformed leaf			Euphorbia cyparissias	Cypress Spurge	Malpighiales: Euphorbiaceae	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	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Uromyces scutellatus/	Uromyces scutellatus	cypress spurge rust		hypophyllous		telium	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Euphorbiaceae/Euphorbia cyparissias/	Euphorbia cyparissias	cypress spurge		live, deformed	leaf
uredium (hypophyllous)		hypophyllous uredium infects and damages live, deformed leaf			Euphorbia cyparissias	Cypress Spurge	Malpighiales: Euphorbiaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Uromyces scutellatus/	Uromyces scutellatus	cypress spurge rust		hypophyllous		uredium	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Euphorbiaceae/Euphorbia cyparissias/	Euphorbia cyparissias	cypress spurge		live, deformed	leaf
telium (hypophyllous)		hypophyllous telium infects and damages live, deformed leaf			Euphorbia x pseudovirgata agg.	Russian spurge [agg.]	Malpighiales: Euphorbiaceae	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/Uromyces scutellatus/	Uromyces scutellatus	cypress spurge rust		hypophyllous		telium	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Euphorbiaceae/Euphorbia x pseudovirgata agg./	Euphorbia x pseudovirgata agg.	Russian spurge [agg.]		live, deformed	leaf
uredium (hypophyllous)		hypophyllous uredium infects and damages live, deformed leaf			Euphorbia x pseudovirgata agg.	Russian spurge [agg.]	Malpighiales: Euphorbiaceae		/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Uromyces scutellatus/	Uromyces scutellatus	cypress spurge rust		hypophyllous		uredium	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Euphorbiaceae/Euphorbia x pseudovirgata agg./	Euphorbia x pseudovirgata agg.	Russian spurge [agg.]		live, deformed	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
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

Uromyces scutellatus (Cypress Spurge Rust) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Uromyces scutellatus (Cypress Spurge 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))

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Uromyces scutellatus (Cypress Spurge Rust)
Genus	Uromyces (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)

Uromyces scutellatus 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 Uromyces scutellatus (Cypress Spurge Rust)

Uromyces scutellatus (Cypress Spurge Rust) may 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 Uromyces scutellatus (Cypress Spurge Rust):

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))

Rare

VU/D2

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