Puccinia hieracii var. piloselloidearum
Puccinia hieracii var. piloselloidearum
Description
The rust fungus Puccinia hieracii var. piloselloidearum affects only Mouse-ear-hawkweed (Pilosella) species. Small brown uredinia and telia are produced on the upper leaf-surfaces. It is listed as a gall-causer in Redfern & Shirley (2023).
Identification difficulty
host 
Recording advice
Photograph the rust on the host. Ensure you have noted the host-plant species in your comments
Habitat
On Mouse-ear-hawkweed (Pilosella) species in grasslands; pioneering vegetation communities on e.g. brownfield land; waste ground
Graham Calow
Huncote, St James the Greater Churchyard
03 June 2019
rust on Pilosella flagellaris subsp. flagellaris
Graham Calow
Huncote, St James the Greater Churchyard
03 June 2019
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