Puccinia primulae (DC.) Duby
(Primrose Rust)

Interactions where Puccinia primulae 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 causes spots on live leaf			Primula	cowslips and primroses	Ericales: Primulaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia primulae/	Puccinia primulae	primrose rust		hypophyllous		aecium	Foodplant / spot causer		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Primulaceae/Primula/	Primula	cowslips and primroses		live	leaf				(spring)
telium		telium parasitises live			Primula	cowslips and primroses	Ericales: Primulaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia primulae/	Puccinia primulae	primrose rust				telium	Foodplant / parasite		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Primulaceae/Primula/	Primula	cowslips and primroses		live					(summer)
uredium (hypophyllous)		hypophyllous uredium parasitises live leaf			Primula	cowslips and primroses	Ericales: Primulaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia primulae/	Puccinia primulae	primrose rust		hypophyllous		uredium	Foodplant / parasite		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Primulaceae/Primula/	Primula	cowslips and primroses		live	leaf				(summer)
aecium (hypophyllous)		hypophyllous aecium causes spots on live leaf			Primula veris x vulgaris = P. x polyantha	false oxlip	Ericales: Primulaceae	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 primulae/	Puccinia primulae	primrose rust		hypophyllous		aecium	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Primulaceae/Primula veris x vulgaris = P. x polyantha/	Primula veris x vulgaris = P. x polyantha	false oxlip	?	live	leaf
telium		telium parasitises live			Primula veris x vulgaris = P. x polyantha	false oxlip	Ericales: Primulaceae	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 primulae/	Puccinia primulae	primrose rust				telium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Primulaceae/Primula veris x vulgaris = P. x polyantha/	Primula veris x vulgaris = P. x polyantha	false oxlip	?	live
uredium (hypophyllous)		hypophyllous uredium parasitises live leaf			Primula veris x vulgaris = P. x polyantha	false oxlip	Ericales: Primulaceae	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 primulae/	Puccinia primulae	primrose rust		hypophyllous		uredium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Primulaceae/Primula veris x vulgaris = P. x polyantha/	Primula veris x vulgaris = P. x polyantha	false oxlip	?	live	leaf
aecium (hypophyllous)		hypophyllous aecium causes spots on live leaf			Primula vulgaris	Primrose	Ericales: Primulaceae	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/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia primulae/	Puccinia primulae	primrose rust		hypophyllous		aecium	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Primulaceae/Primula vulgaris/	Primula vulgaris	primrose		live	leaf				(spring)
telium		telium parasitises live			Primula vulgaris	Primrose	Ericales: Primulaceae	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/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia primulae/	Puccinia primulae	primrose rust				telium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Primulaceae/Primula vulgaris/	Primula vulgaris	primrose		live					(summer)
uredium (hypophyllous)		hypophyllous uredium parasitises live leaf			Primula vulgaris	Primrose	Ericales: Primulaceae	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/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia primulae/	Puccinia primulae	primrose rust		hypophyllous		uredium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Primulaceae/Primula vulgaris/	Primula vulgaris	primrose		live	leaf				(summer)

Author & Year	Title	Source
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants	Collins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
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

Puccinia primulae (Primrose Rust) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Puccinia
(a genus of rust fungi)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Puccinia primulae (Primrose Rust) 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 primulae (Primrose Rust)
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 primulae 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 primulae (Primrose Rust)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Evans, D.	2014	Hunting rare rusts in NW Wales	Field Mycology Vol 15 (2): 57-61.

Puccinia primulae (Primrose Rust) may also 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 primulae (Primrose Rust):

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))

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