Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Pucciniomycetes
Order: Pucciniales Family: Pucciniaceae
Species: Puccinia calcitrapae DC.
Synonyms: Puccinia bardanae
Puccinia calcitrapae var. centaureae
Puccinia cardui-pycnocephali
Puccinia carduorum
Puccinia carlinae
Puccinia carthami
Puccinia centaureae
Puccinia centaureae f. centaureae
Puccinia centaureae f. scabiosae
Puccinia centaureae forma centaureae
Puccinia centaureae forma scabiosae
Puccinia centaureae var. scabiosae
Puccinia cirsii
Puccinia compositarum
Puccinia inquinans-bardanae
Puccinia syngenesiarum
Common Name:


A Rust Fungus
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Puccinia calcitrapae

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Cirsium vulgare (2)
Centaurea nigra (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Leaf (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (2)
June (1)
September (3)