Melampsora ribesii-viminalis Kleb.
(a rust fungus)

Interactions where Melampsora ribesii-viminalis 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 (epiphyllous)		epiphyllous telium parasitises live leaf			Salix viminalis	Osier	Malpighiales: Salicaceae	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/Melampsoraceae/Melampsora ribesii-viminalis/	Melampsora ribesii-viminalis	a rust fungus		epiphyllous		telium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix viminalis/	Salix viminalis	osier		live	leaf
uredium (hypophyllous)		hypophyllous uredium parasitises live leaf			Salix viminalis	Osier	Malpighiales: Salicaceae	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/Melampsoraceae/Melampsora ribesii-viminalis/	Melampsora ribesii-viminalis	a rust fungus		hypophyllous		uredium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix viminalis/	Salix viminalis	osier		live	leaf
aecium		aecium parasitises live			Ribes	currants and gooseberry	Saxifragales: Grossulariaceae	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/Melampsoraceae/Melampsora ribesii-viminalis/	Melampsora ribesii-viminalis	a rust fungus				aecium	Foodplant / parasite		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Saxifragales/Grossulariaceae/Ribes/	Ribes	currants and gooseberry		live
pycnium		pycnium parasitises live			Ribes	currants and gooseberry	Saxifragales: Grossulariaceae	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/Melampsoraceae/Melampsora ribesii-viminalis/	Melampsora ribesii-viminalis	a rust fungus				pycnium	Foodplant / parasite		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Saxifragales/Grossulariaceae/Ribes/	Ribes	currants and gooseberry		live

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

Melampsora ribesii-viminalis (a rust fungus) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Melampsora ribesii-viminalis (a rust fungus) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Melampsora
(a genus of rust fungi)

PUCCINIALES
(rust fungi)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Melampsora ribesii-viminalis (a rust fungus)
Genus	Melampsora (a genus of rust fungi)
Family	MELAMPSORACEAE (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)

Melampsora ribesii-viminalis 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 Melampsora ribesii-viminalis (a rust fungus)

Melampsora ribesii-viminalis (a rust fungus) 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 Melampsora ribesii-viminalis (a rust fungus):

Melampsora
(a genus 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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