Bitter Chocolate Rust
Bitter Chocolate Rust - Uromyces ficariae
Description
Bitter Chocolate Rust affects Lesser Celandine (Ficaria verna). There is no host plant alternation and only the chocolate-brown telia are present on raised swollen areas of leaves and petioles, causing galls.
Identification difficulty
host 
Recording advice
Photograph the rust on the host. Ensure you have noted the host-plant species in your comments
Habitat
on Lesser Celandine (Ficaria verna)
When to see it
Spring and early summer.
Graham Calow
Burbage Wood
21 April 2017
telial stage on Lesser Celandine
Graham Calow
Burbage Wood
21 April 2017
telial stage on Lesser Celandine
sue
Thornton, St Peter's churchyard
15 March 2026
Graham Calow
Burbage Wood
21 April 2017
telial stage on Lesser Celandine
Saharima Roenisch
Stoneygate garden
14 April 2018
sue
Thornton, St Peter's churchyard
15 March 2026
Melinda Bell
Path south from Market Bosworth Country Park
21 March 2024
upper surface
sue
Ulverscroft, Ulverscroft Lane
17 April 2024
Graham Calow
Burbage Wood
21 April 2017
telial stage on Lesser Celandine
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