Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Pucciniomycetes
Order: Pucciniales Family: Pucciniaceae
Species: Miyagia pseudosphaeria (Mont.) Jørst.
Synonyms: Peristemma pseudosphaeria
Peristemma sonchi
Puccinia pseudosphaeria
Puccinia sonchi
Uredo sonchi-arvensis
Uromyces sonchi
Common Name:


A Rust Fungus
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Miyagia pseudosphaeriaPhotographer: © David Mitchel
On Sow Thistle, Sonchus oleraceus
Photographer: © David Mitchel

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Sonchus oleraceus (5)
Sonchus arvensis (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Shingle/gravel above high tide mark (1)
Woodland (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Leaf (3)
Months recorded in & number of records:
March (1)
May (1)
June (2)
August (1)
September (2)
October (1)