Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Pucciniomycetes
Order: Pucciniales Family: Pucciniaceae
Species: Puccinia calcitrapae DC.
Synonyms: Puccinia centaureae f. scabiosae
Puccinia centaureae var. scabiosae
Puccinia compositarum
Puccinia syngenesiarum
Common Name:


A Rust Fungus
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Puccinia calcitrapae

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