Puccinia acetosae (Schumach.) Körn.
(a rust fungus)

Interactions where Puccinia acetosae 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 (amphigenous) amphigenous telium parasitises live leaf Major Rumex acetosa ssp acetosa Common Sorrel Caryophyllales: Polygonaceae 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 acetosae/Puccinia acetosaea rust fungusamphigenoustelium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex acetosa subsp. acetosa/Rumex acetosa subsp. acetosacommon sorrelliveleafMajor
uredium (amphigenous) amphigenous uredium parasitises live leaf Major Rumex acetosa ssp acetosa Common Sorrel Caryophyllales: Polygonaceae 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 acetosae/Puccinia acetosaea rust fungusamphigenousuredium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex acetosa subsp. acetosa/Rumex acetosa subsp. acetosacommon sorrelliveleafMajor
telium (amphigenous) amphigenous telium parasitises live leaf Rumex acetosa ssp biformis Overlooked Sorrel Caryophyllales: Polygonaceae 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 acetosae/Puccinia acetosaea rust fungusamphigenoustelium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex acetosa subsp. biformis/Rumex acetosa subsp. biformisoverlooked sorrelliveleaf
uredium (amphigenous) amphigenous uredium parasitises live leaf Rumex acetosa ssp biformis Overlooked Sorrel Caryophyllales: Polygonaceae 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 acetosae/Puccinia acetosaea rust fungusamphigenousuredium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex acetosa subsp. biformis/Rumex acetosa subsp. biformisoverlooked sorrelliveleaf
telium (amphigenous) amphigenous telium parasitises live leaf Rare Rumex acetosella Sheep’s Sorrel Caryophyllales: Polygonaceae 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 acetosae/Puccinia acetosaea rust fungusamphigenoustelium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex acetosella/Rumex acetosellasheep's sorrelliveleafRare
uredium (amphigenous) amphigenous uredium parasitises live leaf Rare Rumex acetosella Sheep’s Sorrel Caryophyllales: Polygonaceae 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 acetosae/Puccinia acetosaea rust fungusamphigenousuredium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex acetosella/Rumex acetosellasheep's sorrelliveleafRare

Author & YearTitleSource
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

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

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPuccinia acetosae (a rust fungus)
GenusPuccinia (a genus of rust fungi)
FamilyPUCCINIACEAE (a family of rust fungi)
OrderPUCCINIALES (rust fungi)
ClassPUCCINIOMYCETES (rust fungi etc)
SubphylumPUCCINIOMYCOTINA (rust fungi etc)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Puccinia acetosae (a rust fungus)

Puccinia acetosae (a rust fungus) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Puccinia acetosae (a rust fungus):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 27 images of Puccinia acetosae (a rust fungus)
Creative Commons License
This website is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Licence.

Unless otherwise expressly stated, all original material on the BioInfo website by Malcolm Storey is licensed under the above Creative Commons Licence.

BioInfo - Wildlife Information (UK)