Salad Burnet Rust - Phragmidium sanguisorbae
A rust fungus that causes galls on the stems or leaves of Salad Burnet (Sanguisorba minor). There is no host-plant alternation. The aecia are orange, and on both sides of the leaf; later on, yellow uredinia and black telia are present on leaf undersides.
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on Salad Burnet
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Species profile
- Common names
- Salad Burnet Rust
- Species group:
- fungus
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Pucciniales
- Family:
- Phragmidiaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 8
- First record:
- 01/08/2017 (lemmon, roy)
- Last record:
- 23/06/2023 (Lewis, Steven)
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