Puccinia urticata F. Kern
(Nettle Clustercup Rust)

Interactions where Puccinia urticata 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 causes gall of live stem			Urtica dioica	Common Nettle	Rosales: Urticaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia urticata/	Puccinia urticata	nettle clustercup rust				aecium	Foodplant / gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Urticaceae/Urtica dioica/	Urtica dioica	common nettle		live	stem				(early Spring)
aecium (mostly hypophyllous)		mostly hypophyllous aecium causes gall of live leaf			Urtica dioica	Common Nettle	Rosales: Urticaceae	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 urticata/	Puccinia urticata	nettle clustercup rust		mostly hypophyllous		aecium	Foodplant / gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Urticaceae/Urtica dioica/	Urtica dioica	common nettle		live	leaf				(early Spring)
pycnium		pycnium parasitises live leaf			Urtica dioica	Common Nettle	Rosales: Urticaceae	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 urticata/	Puccinia urticata	nettle clustercup rust				pycnium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Urticaceae/Urtica dioica/	Urtica dioica	common nettle		live	leaf				(early Spring)
aecium		aecium causes gall of live stem			Urtica urens	Small Nettle	Rosales: Urticaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia urticata/	Puccinia urticata	nettle clustercup rust				aecium	Foodplant / gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Urticaceae/Urtica urens/	Urtica urens	small nettle		live	stem				(early Spring)
aecium (mostly hypophyllous)		mostly hypophyllous aecium causes gall of live leaf			Urtica urens	Small Nettle	Rosales: Urticaceae	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 urticata/	Puccinia urticata	nettle clustercup rust		mostly hypophyllous		aecium	Foodplant / gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Urticaceae/Urtica urens/	Urtica urens	small nettle		live	leaf				(early Spring)
pycnium		pycnium parasitises live leaf			Urtica urens	Small Nettle	Rosales: Urticaceae	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 urticata/	Puccinia urticata	nettle clustercup rust				pycnium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Urticaceae/Urtica urens/	Urtica urens	small nettle		live	leaf				(early Spring)
telium		telium parasitises live			Carex	sedges	Poales: Cyperaceae	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 urticata/	Puccinia urticata	nettle clustercup rust				telium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex/	Carex	sedges		live
uredium		uredium parasitises live			Carex	sedges	Poales: Cyperaceae	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 urticata/	Puccinia urticata	nettle clustercup rust				uredium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex/	Carex	sedges		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
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986	Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls	95pp, British Plant Gall Society (BPGS)

Puccinia urticata (Nettle Clustercup 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 urticata (Nettle Clustercup 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))

Subtaxon				Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of interactions	No of references
Puccinia urticata var biporula a nettle clustercup rust				Variety		4 trophisms
Puccinia urticata var urticae-acutae a nettle clustercup rust				Variety		8 trophisms
Puccinia urticata var urticae-acutiformis a nettle clustercup rust				Variety		7 trophisms
Puccinia urticata var urticae-flaccae a nettle clustercup rust				Variety		6 trophisms
Puccinia urticata var urticae-hirtae a nettle clustercup rust				Variety		6 trophisms
Puccinia urticata var urticae-inflatae a nettle clustercup rust				Variety		6 trophisms
Puccinia urticata var urticae-paniceae a nettle clustercup rust				Variety		2 trophisms
Puccinia urticata var urticae-ripariae a nettle clustercup rust				Variety		6 trophisms
Puccinia urticata var urticae-vesicariae a nettle clustercup rust				Variety		6 trophisms

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Puccinia urticata (Nettle Clustercup 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 urticata 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 urticata (Nettle Clustercup Rust)

Puccinia urticata (Nettle Clustercup Rust) 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 urticata (Nettle Clustercup 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))

BioImages

BioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 48 images of Puccinia urticata (Nettle Clustercup Rust)

A rust fungus forming aecia (cluster cups) on Urtica, and forming uredia and telia on various species of Carex. There are a number of closely-similar varieties which are restricted to different hosts. It is most often seen as the cluster cups which are very common on Nettle, especially near water. Early records may be included under P. caricina from which it has only recently been separated.

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