Puccinia pimpinellae (F. Strauss) Link
(a rust fungus)

Interactions where Puccinia pimpinellae 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			Angelica	a genus of flowering plants	Apiales: Apiaceae	New records of Erysiphales and Uredinales from Poland, Wolczanska, A., 2008	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia pimpinellae/	Puccinia pimpinellae	a rust fungus		hypophyllous		aecium	Foodplant / parasite		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Angelica/	Angelica	a genus of flowering plants		live
aecium (hypophyllous)		hypophyllous aecium parasitises live leaf (esp. nerve)			Pimpinella major	Greater Burnet-saxifrage	Apiales: Apiaceae	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 pimpinellae/	Puccinia pimpinellae	a rust fungus		hypophyllous		aecium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Pimpinella major/	Pimpinella major	greater burnet-saxifrage		live	leaf (esp. nerve)
pycnium		pycnium parasitises live			Pimpinella major	Greater Burnet-saxifrage	Apiales: Apiaceae	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 pimpinellae/	Puccinia pimpinellae	a rust fungus				pycnium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Pimpinella major/	Pimpinella major	greater burnet-saxifrage		live
telium		telium parasitises live			Pimpinella major	Greater Burnet-saxifrage	Apiales: Apiaceae	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 pimpinellae/	Puccinia pimpinellae	a rust fungus				telium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Pimpinella major/	Pimpinella major	greater burnet-saxifrage		live
uredium		uredium parasitises live			Pimpinella major	Greater Burnet-saxifrage	Apiales: Apiaceae	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 pimpinellae/	Puccinia pimpinellae	a rust fungus				uredium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Pimpinella major/	Pimpinella major	greater burnet-saxifrage		live
aecium (hypophyllous)		hypophyllous aecium parasitises live leaf (esp. nerve)			Pimpinella saxifraga	Burnet-saxifrage	Apiales: Apiaceae	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 pimpinellae/	Puccinia pimpinellae	a rust fungus		hypophyllous		aecium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Pimpinella saxifraga/	Pimpinella saxifraga	burnet-saxifrage		live	leaf (esp. nerve)
pycnium		pycnium parasitises live			Pimpinella saxifraga	Burnet-saxifrage	Apiales: Apiaceae	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 pimpinellae/	Puccinia pimpinellae	a rust fungus				pycnium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Pimpinella saxifraga/	Pimpinella saxifraga	burnet-saxifrage		live
telium		telium parasitises live			Pimpinella saxifraga	Burnet-saxifrage	Apiales: Apiaceae	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 pimpinellae/	Puccinia pimpinellae	a rust fungus				telium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Pimpinella saxifraga/	Pimpinella saxifraga	burnet-saxifrage		live
uredium		uredium parasitises live			Pimpinella saxifraga	Burnet-saxifrage	Apiales: Apiaceae	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 pimpinellae/	Puccinia pimpinellae	a rust fungus				uredium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Pimpinella saxifraga/	Pimpinella saxifraga	burnet-saxifrage		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
Wolczanska, A., 2008	New records of Erysiphales and Uredinales from Poland	Acta Mycologica Vol 43 (1): 71-75 + 2 colour plates.

Puccinia pimpinellae (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 pimpinellae (a rust fungus) may 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 pimpinellae (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 pimpinellae 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 pimpinellae (a rust fungus)

Puccinia pimpinellae (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 Puccinia pimpinellae (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

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A rare autoecious rust that spends its entire life cycle as a parasite of Burnet-saxifrage, Pimpinella saxifraga or Greater Burnet-saxifrage, Pimpinella major.

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