Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Pucciniomycetes
Order: Pucciniales Family: Pucciniastraceae
Species: Melampsorella caryophyllacearum J. Schröt.
Synonyms: Aecidium elatinum
Melampsora cerastii
Melampsorella cerastii
Peridermium elatinum
Uredo caryophyllacearum
Uredo cerastii
Uredo pustulata ß cerastii
Common Name:


A Rust Fungus
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Melampsorella caryophyllacearum

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Cerastium fontanum (2)
Stellaria graminea (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Leaf (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
June (1)
September (1)