Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Pucciniomycetes
Order: Pucciniales Family: Pucciniaceae
Species: Puccinia arenariae (Schumach.) J. Schröt.
Synonyms: Puccinia arenariae f. dianthi
Puccinia arenariae f. lychnidearum
Puccinia dianthi
Puccinia lychnidearum
Puccinia lychnidearum var. arenariae
Puccinia lychnidearum var. dianthi
Puccinia moehringiae
Puccinia saginae
Puccinia spergulae
Puccinia stellariae
Trichobasis lychnidearum
Uredo arenariae
Uredo caryophyllacearum
Common Name:


A Rust Fungus
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Puccinia arenariaePhotographer: © David Mitchel
On Red Campion, Silene dioica
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Silene dioica (5)
Stellaria graminea (2)
Stellaria holostea (1)
Stellaria uliginosa (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Leaf (2)
Living leaf (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
June (2)
July (2)
August (2)
September (2)
October (1)