Milesina scolopendrii (Fuckel) Jaap
(Hart’s Tongue Fern Rust)

Interactions where Milesina scolopendrii 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 infects and damages live Abies alba European Silver-fir Pinales: Pinaceae 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/Pucciniastraceae/Milesina scolopendrii/Milesina scolopendriihart's tongue fern rustaecium Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Abies alba/Abies albaeuropean silver-firlive
pycnium pycnium infects and damages live Abies alba European Silver-fir Pinales: Pinaceae 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/Pucciniastraceae/Milesina scolopendrii/Milesina scolopendriihart's tongue fern rustpycnium Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Abies alba/Abies albaeuropean silver-firlive
aecium aecium infects and damages live Abies concolor Colorado White-fir Pinales: Pinaceae 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/Pucciniastraceae/Milesina scolopendrii/Milesina scolopendriihart's tongue fern rustaecium Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Abies concolor/Abies concolorColorado white-firlive
pycnium pycnium infects and damages live Abies concolor Colorado White-fir Pinales: Pinaceae 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/Pucciniastraceae/Milesina scolopendrii/Milesina scolopendriihart's tongue fern rustpycnium Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Abies concolor/Abies concolorColorado white-firlive
telium (embedded) embedded telium parasitises live, over-wintered, extensively browned frond Phyllitis scolopendrium Hart’s Tongue Fern, Hart’s-tongue Polypodiales: Aspleniaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
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/Pucciniastraceae/Milesina scolopendrii/Milesina scolopendriihart's tongue fern rustembeddedtelium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Pteridophyta/Polypodiopsida/Polypodiales/Aspleniaceae/Phyllitis scolopendrium/Phyllitis scolopendriumhart's tongue fern, hart's-tonguelive, over-wintered, extensively brownedfrond (5-6)
uredium (mostly hypophyllous) mostly hypophyllous uredium infects and damages live, over-wintered, extensively browned frond (sterile) of esp. young plants Phyllitis scolopendrium Hart’s Tongue Fern, Hart’s-tongue Polypodiales: Aspleniaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
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/Pucciniastraceae/Milesina scolopendrii/Milesina scolopendriihart's tongue fern rustmostly hypophyllousuredium Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Pteridophyta/Polypodiopsida/Polypodiales/Aspleniaceae/Phyllitis scolopendrium/Phyllitis scolopendriumhart's tongue fern, hart's-tonguelive, over-wintered, extensively brownedfrond (sterile)esp. young plants (1-12)

Author & YearTitleSource
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden PlantsCollins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
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

Milesina scolopendrii (Hart’s Tongue Fern Rust) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Milesina scolopendrii (Hart’s Tongue Fern Rust) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMilesina scolopendrii (Hart’s Tongue Fern Rust)
GenusMilesina (a genus of fern rusts)
FamilyPUCCINIASTRACEAE (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 Milesina scolopendrii (Hart’s Tongue Fern Rust)

Milesina scolopendrii (Hart’s Tongue Fern Rust) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Milesina scolopendrii (Hart’s Tongue Fern Rust):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 31 images of Milesina scolopendrii (Hart’s Tongue Fern Rust)

Recorded over most of England (except East Anglia), Wales and western Scotland. Often abundant.

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