Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Pucciniomycetes
Order: Pucciniales Family: Pucciniaceae
Species: Puccinia sessilis J. Schröt.
Synonyms: Aecidium allii
Aecidium ari
Aecidium convallariae
Aecidium orchidearum
Puccinia allii-phalaridis
Puccinia ari-phalaridis
Puccinia digraphidis
Puccinia festucina
Puccinia linearis
Puccinia muscari
Puccinia orchidearum-phalaridis
Puccinia paradis
Puccinia paridis
Puccinia phalaridis
Puccinia winteriana
Common Name:


A Rust Fungus
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Puccinia sessilisPhotographer: © David Mitchel
On Lords and Ladies, Arum maculatum
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Arum maculatum (11)
Allium ursinum (2)
Dactylorhiza incarnata subsp. pulchella (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland and scrub (2)
Built-up areas (1)
Woodland (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (1)
Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Leaf (6)
Living leaf (2)
Leaf living (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
May (14)
June (2)