Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Pucciniomycetes
Order: Pucciniales Family: Coleosporiaceae
Species: Coleosporium tussilaginis (Pers.) Lév.
Synonyms: Aecidium pini
Caeoma compransor
Caeoma crustaceum
Caeoma rhinanthacearum
Caeoma spinulosum
Coleosporium rhinanthacearum
Coleosporium sonchi-arvensis
Coleosporium synantherarum
Coleosporium tussilaginis f.sp. melampyri
Peridermium acerifolium
Peridermium acicola
Peridermium acicolum
Peridermium pinicola
Peridermium plowrightii
Puccinia calendulae
Puccinia sonchi-arvensis
Trichobasis cichoracearum
Uredo compransor
Uredo compransor var. petasitis
Uredo crustosa
Uredo melampyri
Uredo petasitidis
Uredo petasitis
Uredo rhinanthacearum
Uredo sonchi-arvensis
Uredo tremellosa
Uredo tremellosa var. campanulae
Uredo tropaeoli
Uredo tussilaginis
Common Name:


A Rust Fungus
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Coleosporium tussilaginisPhotographer: © Jake Dalzell
On Coltsfoot, Tussilago farfara
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Tussilago farfara (7)
Petasites hybridus (5)
Euphrasia (1)
Odontites vernus (1)
Petasites fragrans (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland (3)
Built up area, domestic (1)
Grassland and marsh (1)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (1)
Parkland and scattered trees (1)
Woodland: broadleaved (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (1)
Woodland: coniferous, plantation (1)
Woodland: mixed (1)
Woodland: mixed, plantation (1)
Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Leaf (7)
Living leaf (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (6)
July (1)
August (4)
September (15)
October (6)
November (1)