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Puccinia graminis Pers.
Puccinia graminis Pers.
Puccinia graminis is a fungus that causes stem rust, an important disease of cereal crops with a complex life cycle.
Puccinia menthae Pers.
Puccinia menthae Pers.
Puccinia menthae Pers. is a mint-rust-causing fungal plant pathogen originally found on Mentha aquatica leaves.
Puccinia pelargonii-zonalis Doidge
Puccinia pelargonii-zonalis Doidge
Puccinia pelargonii-zonalis is a pathogenic fungus that causes rust on Pelargonium geraniums, first found in South Africa.
Puccinia myrsiphylli (Thüm.) G.Winter
Puccinia myrsiphylli (Thüm.) G.Winter
Puccinia myrsiphylli is an autoecious macrocyclic rust fungus that infects Asparagus asparagoides, found in South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand.
Puccinia sessilis J.Schröt.
Puccinia sessilis J.Schröt.
Puccinia sessilis is a common Eurasian plant pathogenic fungus that infects many plant species, including arum and ramsons.
Puccinia recondita Roberge ex Desm.
Puccinia recondita Roberge ex Desm.
Puccinia recondita is a worldwide-occurring pathogenic fungus in the Pucciniaceae family, Pucciniales order.
Puccinia smyrnii Biv.
Puccinia smyrnii Biv.
Puccinia smyrnii (alexanders rust) is a pathogenic fungus that infects alexanders, found in Europe and parts of north Africa.
Puccinia dioicae Magnus
Puccinia dioicae Magnus
Puccinia dioicae Magnus is a rust-causing plant pathogen that infects multiple host plant species and is common in Iceland.
Puccinia umbilici Guépin
Puccinia umbilici Guépin
Puccinia umbilici is a navelwort-rust-causing fungal plant pathogen found across Europe, Japan, Russia, and the US.
Puccinia poarum Nielsen
Puccinia poarum Nielsen
Puccinia poarum Nielsen is a necrotrophic rust fungus with a two-host life cycle, identifiable by distinct leaf spots on coltsfoot.
Puccinia liliacearum Duby
Puccinia liliacearum Duby
Puccinia liliacearum is a microcyclic rust fungus native to Eurasia, introduced to eastern North America, that infects Ornithogalum plants.
Pucciniaceae
Pucciniaceae
Pucciniaceae is a plant disease-causing rust fungi family holding over 4900 species, many in the type genus Puccinia.
Puccinia monoica (Peck) Arthur
Puccinia monoica (Peck) Arthur
Puccinia monoica is a parasitic rust fungus that transforms its mustard host into pseudoflowers to support its sexual reproduction.
Puccinia bromina Erikss.
Puccinia bromina Erikss.
Puccinia bromina Erikss. is a fungus species in Pucciniaceae, first found in Sweden and also recorded in Canada.
Puccinia coronata Corda
Puccinia coronata Corda
Puccinia coronata is a widespread plant pathogen that causes crown rust in oats and barley, evolving new virulent races quickly.
Uromyces geranii (DC.) G.H.Otth & Wartm.
Uromyces geranii (DC.) G.H.Otth & Wartm.
Uromyces geranii is a fungal plant pathogen that causes rust on geranium plants with age-varying leaf symptoms.
Uromyces viciae-fabae (Pers.) J.Schröt.
Uromyces viciae-fabae (Pers.) J.Schröt.
Uromyces viciae-fabae var. viciae-fabae, commonly called faba-bean rust, is an autoecious macrocyclic fungal plant pathogen that reduces faba bean yield.
Pileolaria brevipes Berk. & Ravenel
Pileolaria brevipes Berk. & Ravenel
Poison ivy rust Pileolaria brevipes is an autoecious Pucciniales fungus that parasitizes poison ivy and causes plant disease.
Puccinia podophylli Schwein.
Puccinia podophylli Schwein.
Allodus podophylli (often called Puccinia podophylli) is mayapple rust, a fungal plant pathogen that grows on mayapple leaves.
Austropuccinia psidii (G.Winter) Beenken
Austropuccinia psidii (G.Winter) Beenken
Austropuccinia psidii, or myrtle rust, is a South American rust fungus that infects Myrtaceae plants.
Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae Schwein.
Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae Schwein.
Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae is a plant pathogen that causes cedar-apple rust, most often infecting Malus and Juniperus virginiana.
Gymnosporangium clavipes Cooke & Peck
Gymnosporangium clavipes Cooke & Peck
Gymnosporangium clavipes is a fungal plant pathogen that causes cedar-quince rust, needing two alternating host types to complete its life cycle.
Gymnosporangium globosum (Farl.) Farl.
Gymnosporangium globosum (Farl.) Farl.
Gymnosporangium globosum is a fungal pathogen that causes cedar-hawthorn rust, requiring two hosts within 1–2 miles to complete its life cycle.
Gymnosporangium sabinae (Dicks.) G.Winter
Gymnosporangium sabinae (Dicks.) G.Winter
Gymnosporangium sabinae is a heteroecious rust fungus that causes damaging pear rust disease on pear plants.
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