Pucciniastrum pyrolae (J.F. Gmel.) J. Schröt.
(a rust fungus)

Interactions where Pucciniastrum pyrolae 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		telium parasitises live			Orthilia secunda	Serrated Wintergreen	Ericales: Ericaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 British Rust Fungi, Wilson, M., & Henderson, D., 1966	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniastraceae/Pucciniastrum pyrolae/	Pucciniastrum pyrolae	a rust fungus				telium	Foodplant / parasite		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Orthilia secunda/	Orthilia secunda	serrated wintergreen		live
uredium (hypophyllous, scattered or in small groups)		hypophyllous, scattered or in small groups uredium parasitises live leaf			Orthilia secunda	Serrated Wintergreen	Ericales: Ericaceae	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 British Rust Fungi, Wilson, M., & Henderson, D., 1966	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniastraceae/Pucciniastrum pyrolae/	Pucciniastrum pyrolae	a rust fungus		hypophyllous, scattered or in small groups		uredium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Orthilia secunda/	Orthilia secunda	serrated wintergreen		live	leaf
telium		telium parasitises live			Pyrola media	Intermediate Wintergreen	Ericales: Ericaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 British Rust Fungi, Wilson, M., & Henderson, D., 1966	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniastraceae/Pucciniastrum pyrolae/	Pucciniastrum pyrolae	a rust fungus				telium	Foodplant / parasite		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Pyrola media/	Pyrola media	intermediate wintergreen		live
uredium (hypophyllous, scattered or in small groups)		hypophyllous, scattered or in small groups uredium parasitises live leaf			Pyrola media	Intermediate Wintergreen	Ericales: Ericaceae	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 British Rust Fungi, Wilson, M., & Henderson, D., 1966	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniastraceae/Pucciniastrum pyrolae/	Pucciniastrum pyrolae	a rust fungus		hypophyllous, scattered or in small groups		uredium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Pyrola media/	Pyrola media	intermediate wintergreen		live	leaf
telium		telium parasitises live			Pyrola minor	Common Wintergreen	Ericales: Ericaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 British Rust Fungi, Wilson, M., & Henderson, D., 1966	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniastraceae/Pucciniastrum pyrolae/	Pucciniastrum pyrolae	a rust fungus				telium	Foodplant / parasite		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Pyrola minor/	Pyrola minor	common wintergreen		live
uredium (hypophyllous, scattered or in small groups)		hypophyllous, scattered or in small groups uredium parasitises live leaf			Pyrola minor	Common Wintergreen	Ericales: Ericaceae	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 British Rust Fungi, Wilson, M., & Henderson, D., 1966	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniastraceae/Pucciniastrum pyrolae/	Pucciniastrum pyrolae	a rust fungus		hypophyllous, scattered or in small groups		uredium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Pyrola minor/	Pyrola minor	common wintergreen		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
Wilson, M., & Henderson, D., 1966	British Rust Fungi	384pp, Cambridge University Press

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

FUNGI
(true fungi)

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

Pucciniastrum
(a genus of rust fungi)

PUCCINIALES
(rust fungi)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Pucciniastrum pyrolae (a rust fungus)
Genus	Pucciniastrum (a genus of rust fungi)
Family	PUCCINIASTRACEAE (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)

Pucciniastrum pyrolae 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 Pucciniastrum pyrolae (a rust fungus)

Pucciniastrum pyrolae (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 Pucciniastrum pyrolae (a rust fungus):

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))

Mainly Scotland with a few recent records. Some records from England but none since 1950.

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