Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Pucciniomycetes
Order: Pucciniales Family: Pucciniaceae
Species: Puccinia poarum Nielsen
Synonyms: Aecidium compositarum var. tussilaginis
Aecidium petasitidis
Aecidium petasitis
Aecidium tussilaginis
Caeoma tussilaginis
Common Name:


A Rust Fungus
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Puccinia poarumPhotographer: © Stuart Dunlop
On Coltsfoot, Tussilago farfara
Photographer: © Stuart Dunlop

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Tussilago farfara (19)
Poa trivialis (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (2)
Built up area, domestic (1)
Neutral grassland (1)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (1)
Parkland and scattered trees (1)
Scrub (1)
Woodland (1)
Woodland and scrub (1)
Woodland: coniferous, plantation (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Leaf (4)
Leaf living (1)
Living leaf (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (5)
May (1)
June (1)
August (1)
September (7)
October (5)
November (2)