Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Pucciniomycetes
Order: Pucciniales Family: Pucciniaceae
Species: Puccinia hieracii var. hieracii (Röhl.) H. Mart.
Synonyms: Puccinia cichorii
Puccinia endiviae
Puccinia flosculosorum var. hieracii
Puccinia hieracii
Puccinia jaceae
Puccinia leontodontis
Puccinia picridis
Puccinia taraxaci
Puccinia tinctoriae
Puccinia tinctoriicola
Uredo cichorii
Uredo hieracii
Common Name:


A Rust Fungus
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Puccinia hieracii var. hieraciiPhotographer: © David Mitchel
On Dandelion, Taraxacum sp.
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Taraxacum officinale agg. (5)
Hieracium (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Built-up areas (1)
Woodland (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Leaf (3)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (1)
June (3)
July (1)
August (1)
September (3)