Sighting 3877385
Puccinia urticata
Nettle cluster-cup rust fungus at Cotter River, ACT
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| Puccinia urticata | KenT | 7 Dec 2018 | |
| Puccinia urticata | KenT | 7 Dec 2018 |
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This rust fungus has infected the stinging nettle Urtica incisa forming galls on stems and leaves. Puccinia urticata is a macrocyclic-heteroecious rust that forms the pycnial (spermogonial) and aecial stages on one host and the uredinial and telial stages on another host. The other host in this case is likely to be a species of Carex. Aecia and aeciospores are shown in images 4 & 5. See Kern F.D. (1917) North American Species of Puccinia on Carex. Mycologia 9 (4) pp 205-238.
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Location information
- Coordinates 148.840389-35.361333
- Maps Namadgi National Park
- Places Cotter River, ACT
Sighting information
- 1,001 - 10,000 Abundance
- 30 Nov 2018 11:18 AM Recorded on
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- Featured Fungi Fungal galls, other rusts, leaf spots, etc Other rusts, leaf spots, sooty moulds KenT Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Puccinia urticata
Species information
- Puccinia urticata Scientific name
- Nettle cluster-cup rust fungus Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Cosmopolitan
- Non-invasive or negligible
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