Puccinia campanulae

Puccinia campanulae
	P. campanulae on leaf of Campanula sp.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Pucciniomycetes
Order:	Pucciniales
Family:	Pucciniaceae
Genus:	Puccinia
Species:	P. campanulae
Binomial name
	Puccinia campanulae; Carmich. (1836)
Synonyms
	Micropuccinia campanulae (Carmich.) Arthur & H.S.Jacks. (1922); Puccinia campanulae-rotundifoliae Gäum. & Jaag (1935);

Puccinia campanulae is a plant pathogen that causes rust on bellflower (Campanula).

In Iceland, it is known to infect Campanula rotundifolia, on which it produces teliospores, but it has not been found to infect Campanula uniflora, the other native Campanula species in Iceland.^[1]

References

^ Helgi Hallgrímsson & Guðríður Gyða Eyjólfsdóttir (2004). Íslenskt sveppatal I – smásveppir [Checklist of Icelandic Fungi I – Microfungi. Fjölrit Náttúrufræðistofnunar. Náttúrufræðistofnun Íslands [Icelandic Institute of Natural History]. ISSN 1027-832X

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