Phylum: Basidiomycota	Class: Pucciniomycetes
Order: Pucciniales	Family: Coleosporiaceae
Species: Coleosporium tussilaginis s. lat.

Synonyms:

Aecidium pini Caeoma compransor Caeoma crustaceum Caeoma rhinanthacearum Caeoma spinulosum Coleosporium rhinanthacearum Coleosporium sonchi-arvensis Coleosporium synantherarum Coleosporium tropaeoli Coleosporium tussilaginis Peridermium acerifolium Peridermium acicola Peridermium acicolum Peridermium oblongisporium Peridermium pinicola Peridermium plowrightii Puccinia sonchi-arvensis Trichobasis cichoracearum Uredo compransor Uredo crustosa Uredo rhinanthacearum Uredo sonchi-arvensis Uredo tremellosa Uredo tropaeoli Uredo tussilaginis

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On Pine needles

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Tussilago farfara (8) Petasites hybridus (6) Euphrasia (2) Petasites pyrenaicus (1) Odontites vernus (1) Pinus (1)

Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Woodland (2) Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (2) Grassland and marsh (1) Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (1) Woodland: mixed, plantation (1)

Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Leaf (7) Living leaf (3)

Months recorded in & number of records: January (7) April (1) July (15) August (25) September (24) October (9) November (1)