Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Pucciniomycetes
Order: Pucciniales Family: Pucciniastraceae
Species: Pucciniastrum circaeae (Schumach.) Speg.
Synonyms: Caeoma onagrarum
Melampsora circaeae
Phragmopsora circaeae
Uredo circaeae
Uredo onagrarum
Common Name:


A Rust Fungus
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Pucciniastrum circaeaePhotographer: © David Mitchel
On Enchanters Nightshade, Circaea lutetiana
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Circaea lutetiana (10)
Circaea x intermedia (2)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland: mixed (2)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (1)
Woodland (1)
Woodland: broadleaved (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Leaf (3)
Leaf living (2)
Months recorded in & number of records:
August (2)
September (9)
October (2)