Puccinia saxifragae Schltdl.
(a rust fungus)

Interactions where Puccinia saxifragae 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
telium (mostly hypophyllous)		mostly hypophyllous telium parasitises live leaf			Heuchera	coral-bells	Saxifragales: Saxifragaceae	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 saxifragae/	Puccinia saxifragae	a rust fungus		mostly hypophyllous		telium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Saxifragales/Saxifragaceae/Heuchera/	Heuchera	coral-bells		live	leaf
telium (mostly hypophyllous)		mostly hypophyllous telium parasitises live leaf			Saxifraga granulata	Meadow Saxifrage	Saxifragales: Saxifragaceae	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 saxifragae/	Puccinia saxifragae	a rust fungus		mostly hypophyllous		telium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Saxifragales/Saxifragaceae/Saxifraga granulata/	Saxifraga granulata	meadow saxifrage		live	leaf
telium (mostly hypophyllous)		mostly hypophyllous telium parasitises live leaf			Saxifraga spathularis	St Patrick’s-cabbage	Saxifragales: Saxifragaceae	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 saxifragae/	Puccinia saxifragae	a rust fungus		mostly hypophyllous		telium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Saxifragales/Saxifragaceae/Saxifraga spathularis/	Saxifraga spathularis	St Patrick's-cabbage		live	leaf
telium (mostly hypophyllous)		mostly hypophyllous telium parasitises live leaf			Saxifraga stellaris	Starry Saxifrage	Saxifragales: Saxifragaceae	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 saxifragae/	Puccinia saxifragae	a rust fungus		mostly hypophyllous		telium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Saxifragales/Saxifragaceae/Saxifraga stellaris/	Saxifraga stellaris	starry saxifrage		live	leaf
telium (mostly hypophyllous)		mostly hypophyllous telium parasitises live leaf			Saxifraga umbrosa	Pyrenean Saxifrage	Saxifragales: Saxifragaceae	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 saxifragae/	Puccinia saxifragae	a rust fungus		mostly hypophyllous		telium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Saxifragales/Saxifragaceae/Saxifraga umbrosa/	Saxifraga umbrosa	Pyrenean saxifrage		live	leaf

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

Puccinia saxifragae (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 saxifragae (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 saxifragae (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 saxifragae 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 saxifragae (a rust fungus)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Henricot, B, Denton, G, Lane, CR.	2006	First report of Puccinia heucherae on Heuchera species in the UK	New Disease Reports Vol 13.

Puccinia saxifragae (a rust fungus) 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 saxifragae (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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