Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Pucciniomycetes
Order: Pucciniales Family: Pucciniaceae
Species: Puccinia punctiformis (F. Strauss) Röhl.
Synonyms: Caeoma obtegens
Caeoma suaveolens
Puccinia obtegens
Puccinia suaveolens
Trichobasis suaveolens
Uredo punctiformis
Uredo suaveolens
Common Name:


A Rust Fungus
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Puccinia punctiformisPhotographer: © David Mitchel
On Creeping Thistle, Cirsium arvense
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Cirsium arvense (3)
Cirsium vulgare (3)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Leaf (2)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (3)
September (2)
October (2)
November (4)