Puccinia phragmitis (Schumach.) Tul.
(a rust fungus)

Interactions where Puccinia phragmitis 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 (hypophyllous)		hypophyllous aecium parasitises live leaf			Fallopia japonica	Japanese Knotweed	Caryophyllales: Polygonaceae	Fallopia japonica, an increasingly intractable weed problem in the UK: Can fungi help cut through this Gordian knot?, Kurose, D., Renals, T., Shaw, R., Furuya, N., Takagi, M. & Evans, H., 2006	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia phragmitis/	Puccinia phragmitis	a rust fungus		hypophyllous		aecium	Foodplant / parasite		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Fallopia japonica/	Fallopia japonica	Japanese knotweed		live	leaf
aecium (clustered)		clustered aecium causes spots on live leaf			Rheum palmatum x rhaponticum = R. x hybridum	rhubarb	Caryophyllales: Polygonaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia phragmitis/	Puccinia phragmitis	a rust fungus		clustered		aecium	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rheum palmatum x rhaponticum = R. x hybridum/	Rheum palmatum x rhaponticum = R. x hybridum	rhubarb		live	leaf		Minor
pycnium		pycnium parasitises live			Rheum palmatum x rhaponticum = R. x hybridum	rhubarb	Caryophyllales: Polygonaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia phragmitis/	Puccinia phragmitis	a rust fungus				pycnium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rheum palmatum x rhaponticum = R. x hybridum/	Rheum palmatum x rhaponticum = R. x hybridum	rhubarb		live			Minor
aecium (clustered)		clustered aecium causes spots on live leaf			Rumex acetosa	Common Sorrel	Caryophyllales: Polygonaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia phragmitis/	Puccinia phragmitis	a rust fungus		clustered		aecium	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex acetosa/	Rumex acetosa	common sorrel		live	leaf
pycnium		pycnium parasitises live			Rumex acetosa	Common Sorrel	Caryophyllales: Polygonaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia phragmitis/	Puccinia phragmitis	a rust fungus				pycnium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex acetosa/	Rumex acetosa	common sorrel		live
aecium (clustered)		clustered aecium causes spots on live leaf			Rumex conglomeratus	Clustered Dock	Caryophyllales: Polygonaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia phragmitis/	Puccinia phragmitis	a rust fungus		clustered		aecium	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex conglomeratus/	Rumex conglomeratus	clustered dock		live	leaf
pycnium		pycnium parasitises live			Rumex conglomeratus	Clustered Dock	Caryophyllales: Polygonaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia phragmitis/	Puccinia phragmitis	a rust fungus				pycnium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex conglomeratus/	Rumex conglomeratus	clustered dock		live
aecium (clustered)		clustered aecium causes spots on live leaf			Rumex crispus	Curled Dock	Caryophyllales: Polygonaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia phragmitis/	Puccinia phragmitis	a rust fungus		clustered		aecium	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex crispus/	Rumex crispus	curled dock		live	leaf
pycnium		pycnium parasitises live			Rumex crispus	Curled Dock	Caryophyllales: Polygonaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia phragmitis/	Puccinia phragmitis	a rust fungus				pycnium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex crispus/	Rumex crispus	curled dock		live
aecium (clustered)		clustered aecium causes spots on live leaf			Rumex hydrolapathum	Water Dock	Caryophyllales: Polygonaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia phragmitis/	Puccinia phragmitis	a rust fungus		clustered		aecium	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex hydrolapathum/	Rumex hydrolapathum	water dock		live	leaf
pycnium		pycnium parasitises live			Rumex hydrolapathum	Water Dock	Caryophyllales: Polygonaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia phragmitis/	Puccinia phragmitis	a rust fungus				pycnium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex hydrolapathum/	Rumex hydrolapathum	water dock		live
aecium (clustered)		clustered aecium causes spots on live leaf			Rumex obtusifolius	Broad-leaved Dock	Caryophyllales: Polygonaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia phragmitis/	Puccinia phragmitis	a rust fungus		clustered		aecium	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex obtusifolius/	Rumex obtusifolius	broad-leaved dock		live	leaf
pycnium		pycnium parasitises live			Rumex obtusifolius	Broad-leaved Dock	Caryophyllales: Polygonaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia phragmitis/	Puccinia phragmitis	a rust fungus				pycnium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex obtusifolius/	Rumex obtusifolius	broad-leaved dock		live
telium		telium parasitises live leaf			Phragmites australis	Common Reed	Poales: Poaceae	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/Puccinia phragmitis/	Puccinia phragmitis	a rust fungus				telium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/	Phragmites australis	common reed		live	leaf				(7-5)
uredium		uredium parasitises live leaf			Phragmites australis	Common Reed	Poales: Poaceae	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/Puccinia phragmitis/	Puccinia phragmitis	a rust fungus				uredium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/	Phragmites australis	common reed		live	leaf				(7-5)

Interactions where Puccinia phragmitis is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Filters:

Affected Part		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	Summary
(old)		old aecium is parasitised by effuse colony of Cladobotryum anamorph			Cladosporium aecidiicola	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Capnodiales: Cladosporiaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Cladosporiaceae/Cladosporium aecidiicola/	Cladosporium aecidiicola	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		effuse	colony	Cladobotryum anamorph	Fungus / parasite			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia phragmitis/	Puccinia phragmitis	a rust fungus		old		aecium				effuse colony of Cladobotryum anamorph parasitises old aecium

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
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 246pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Kurose, D., Renals, T., Shaw, R., Furuya, N., Takagi, M. & Evans, H., 2006	Fallopia japonica, an increasingly intractable weed problem in the UK: Can fungi help cut through this Gordian knot?	Mycologist Vol 20 (4): 126-129.
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

Puccinia phragmitis (a rust fungus) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Puccinia
(a genus of rust fungi)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Puccinia phragmitis (a rust fungus) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Puccinia
(a genus of rust fungi)

PUCCINIALES
(rust fungi)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Puccinia phragmitis (a rust fungus)
Genus	Puccinia (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)

Puccinia phragmitis 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 Puccinia phragmitis (a rust fungus)

Puccinia phragmitis (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))

General Works

Author	Year	Title	Source
Kurose, D., Renals, T., Shaw, R., Furuya, N., Takagi, M. & Evans, H.	2006	Fallopia japonica, an increasingly intractable weed problem in the UK: Can fungi help cut through this Gordian knot?	Mycologist Vol 20 (4): 126-129.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Puccinia phragmitis (a rust fungus):

Puccinia
(a genus of rust fungi)

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))

BioImages

BioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 47 images of Puccinia phragmitis (a rust fungus)

A rust which forms aecia on bright red or purple spots on Rumex and Rheum and uredinia and telia on Phragmites.

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