Melampsora rostrupii Wagner
(Dog’s Mercury Rust)

Interactions where Melampsora rostrupii 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 causes gall of live stem			Mercurialis	mercuries	Malpighiales: Euphorbiaceae	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/Melampsoraceae/Melampsora rostrupii/	Melampsora rostrupii	dog's mercury rust				aecium	Foodplant / gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Euphorbiaceae/Mercurialis/	Mercurialis	mercuries		live	stem				(4-6)
aecium		aecium causes gall of live leaf			Mercurialis	mercuries	Malpighiales: Euphorbiaceae	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/Melampsoraceae/Melampsora rostrupii/	Melampsora rostrupii	dog's mercury rust				aecium	Foodplant / gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Euphorbiaceae/Mercurialis/	Mercurialis	mercuries		live	leaf				(4-6)
aecium		aecium causes gall of live leaf (petiole)			Mercurialis	mercuries	Malpighiales: Euphorbiaceae	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/Melampsoraceae/Melampsora rostrupii/	Melampsora rostrupii	dog's mercury rust				aecium	Foodplant / gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Euphorbiaceae/Mercurialis/	Mercurialis	mercuries		live	leaf (petiole)				(4-6)
pycnium (mostly epiphyllous, in small clusters)		mostly epiphyllous, in small clusters pycnium parasitises live stem			Mercurialis	mercuries	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/Melampsoraceae/Melampsora rostrupii/	Melampsora rostrupii	dog's mercury rust		mostly epiphyllous, in small clusters		pycnium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Euphorbiaceae/Mercurialis/	Mercurialis	mercuries		live	stem				(4-6)
pycnium (mostly epiphyllous, in small clusters)		mostly epiphyllous, in small clusters pycnium parasitises live leaf			Mercurialis	mercuries	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/Melampsoraceae/Melampsora rostrupii/	Melampsora rostrupii	dog's mercury rust		mostly epiphyllous, in small clusters		pycnium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Euphorbiaceae/Mercurialis/	Mercurialis	mercuries		live	leaf				(4-6)
pycnium (mostly epiphyllous, in small clusters)		mostly epiphyllous, in small clusters pycnium parasitises live petiole			Mercurialis	mercuries	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/Melampsoraceae/Melampsora rostrupii/	Melampsora rostrupii	dog's mercury rust		mostly epiphyllous, in small clusters		pycnium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Euphorbiaceae/Mercurialis/	Mercurialis	mercuries		live	petiole				(4-6)
aecium (elongate and confluent, clustered)		elongate and confluent, clustered aecium causes spots on live stem			Mercurialis annua	Annual Mercury	Malpighiales: Euphorbiaceae	Bioimages - the Virtual Field Guide, Storey, M.W., 2015	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Melampsoraceae/Melampsora rostrupii/	Melampsora rostrupii	dog's mercury rust		elongate and confluent, clustered		aecium	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Euphorbiaceae/Mercurialis annua/	Mercurialis annua	annual mercury		live	stem				(4-6)
aecium (hypophyllous, often circinate, elongate and confluent)		hypophyllous, often circinate, elongate and confluent aecium causes spots on live leaf			Mercurialis annua	Annual Mercury	Malpighiales: Euphorbiaceae	Bioimages - the Virtual Field Guide, Storey, M.W., 2015	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Melampsoraceae/Melampsora rostrupii/	Melampsora rostrupii	dog's mercury rust		hypophyllous, often circinate, elongate and confluent		aecium	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Euphorbiaceae/Mercurialis annua/	Mercurialis annua	annual mercury		live	leaf				(4-6)
aecium		aecium parasitises live flower			Mercurialis perennis	Dog’s Mercury	Malpighiales: Euphorbiaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Bioimages - the Virtual Field Guide, Storey, M.W., 2015	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Melampsoraceae/Melampsora rostrupii/	Melampsora rostrupii	dog's mercury rust				aecium	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Euphorbiaceae/Mercurialis perennis/	Mercurialis perennis	dog's mercury		live	flower				(4-6)
aecium (elongate and confluent, clustered)		elongate and confluent, clustered aecium parasitises live peduncle			Mercurialis perennis	Dog’s Mercury	Malpighiales: Euphorbiaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Bioimages - the Virtual Field Guide, Storey, M.W., 2015 British Rust Fungi, Wilson, M., & Henderson, D., 1966	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Melampsoraceae/Melampsora rostrupii/	Melampsora rostrupii	dog's mercury rust		elongate and confluent, clustered		aecium	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Euphorbiaceae/Mercurialis perennis/	Mercurialis perennis	dog's mercury		live	peduncle				(4-6)
aecium (elongate and confluent, clustered)		elongate and confluent, clustered aecium causes spots on live petiole			Mercurialis perennis	Dog’s Mercury	Malpighiales: Euphorbiaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 British Rust Fungi, Wilson, M., & Henderson, D., 1966	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Melampsoraceae/Melampsora rostrupii/	Melampsora rostrupii	dog's mercury rust		elongate and confluent, clustered		aecium	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Euphorbiaceae/Mercurialis perennis/	Mercurialis perennis	dog's mercury		live	petiole				(4-6)
aecium (elongate and confluent, clustered)		elongate and confluent, clustered aecium causes spots on live stem			Mercurialis perennis	Dog’s Mercury	Malpighiales: Euphorbiaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 British Rust Fungi, Wilson, M., & Henderson, D., 1966	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Melampsoraceae/Melampsora rostrupii/	Melampsora rostrupii	dog's mercury rust		elongate and confluent, clustered		aecium	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Euphorbiaceae/Mercurialis perennis/	Mercurialis perennis	dog's mercury		live	stem				(4-6)
aecium (hypophyllous, often circinate, elongate and confluent)		hypophyllous, often circinate, elongate and confluent aecium causes spots on live leaf			Mercurialis perennis	Dog’s Mercury	Malpighiales: Euphorbiaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Bioimages - the Virtual Field Guide, Storey, M.W., 2015 British Rust Fungi, Wilson, M., & Henderson, D., 1966	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Melampsoraceae/Melampsora rostrupii/	Melampsora rostrupii	dog's mercury rust		hypophyllous, often circinate, elongate and confluent		aecium	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Euphorbiaceae/Mercurialis perennis/	Mercurialis perennis	dog's mercury		live	leaf				(4-6)
pycnium (mostly epiphyllous, in small clusters)		mostly epiphyllous, in small clusters pycnium parasitises live stem			Mercurialis perennis	Dog’s Mercury	Malpighiales: Euphorbiaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 British Rust Fungi, Wilson, M., & Henderson, D., 1966	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Melampsoraceae/Melampsora rostrupii/	Melampsora rostrupii	dog's mercury rust		mostly epiphyllous, in small clusters		pycnium	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Euphorbiaceae/Mercurialis perennis/	Mercurialis perennis	dog's mercury		live	stem				(4-6)
pycnium (mostly epiphyllous, in small clusters)		mostly epiphyllous, in small clusters pycnium parasitises live petiole			Mercurialis perennis	Dog’s Mercury	Malpighiales: Euphorbiaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 British Rust Fungi, Wilson, M., & Henderson, D., 1966	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Melampsoraceae/Melampsora rostrupii/	Melampsora rostrupii	dog's mercury rust		mostly epiphyllous, in small clusters		pycnium	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Euphorbiaceae/Mercurialis perennis/	Mercurialis perennis	dog's mercury		live	petiole				(4-6)
pycnium (mostly epiphyllous, in small clusters)		mostly epiphyllous, in small clusters pycnium parasitises live leaf			Mercurialis perennis	Dog’s Mercury	Malpighiales: Euphorbiaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Bioimages - the Virtual Field Guide, Storey, M.W., 2015 British Rust Fungi, Wilson, M., & Henderson, D., 1966	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Melampsoraceae/Melampsora rostrupii/	Melampsora rostrupii	dog's mercury rust		mostly epiphyllous, in small clusters		pycnium	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Euphorbiaceae/Mercurialis perennis/	Mercurialis perennis	dog's mercury		live	leaf				(4-6)

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
Storey, M.W., 2015	Bioimages - the Virtual Field Guide	www.bioimages.org.uk
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986	Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls	95pp, British Plant Gall Society (BPGS)
Wilson, M., & Henderson, D., 1966	British Rust Fungi	384pp, Cambridge University Press

Melampsora rostrupii (Dog’s Mercury Rust) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Melampsora rostrupii (Dog’s Mercury Rust) 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 rostrupii (Dog’s Mercury Rust)
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 rostrupii 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 rostrupii (Dog’s Mercury Rust)

Melampsora rostrupii (Dog’s Mercury 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 Melampsora rostrupii (Dog’s Mercury Rust):

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))

BioImages

BioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 23 images of Melampsora rostrupii (Dog’s Mercury Rust)

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