Melampsora allii-populina Kleb.
(a rust fungus)

Interactions where Melampsora allii-populina is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage		Summary			Taxon	Vernacular	Classification	References	Darwin Classification of Active Taxon	Active Taxon	Active Vernacular	Active Taxon Uncertain	Active State	Active Part	Active Stage	Relationship	Relationship Uncertain	Relationship Geography	Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon	Passive Taxon	Passive Vernacular	Passive Taxon Uncertain	Passive State	Passive Part	Passive Stage	Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon	Indoors etc	Season
aecium (caeomoid, grouped)		caeomoid, grouped aecium causes spots on live leaf			Arum maculatum	Cuckoo Pint, Lords and Ladies, Lords-and-ladies	Alismatales: Araceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 British Rust Fungi, Wilson, M., & Henderson, D., 1966	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Melampsoraceae/Melampsora allii-populina/	Melampsora allii-populina	a rust fungus		caeomoid, grouped		aecium	Foodplant / spot causer		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Araceae/Arum maculatum/	Arum maculatum	cuckoo pint, lords and ladies, lords-and-ladies		live	leaf				(5)
pycnium		pycnium parasitises live leaf			Arum maculatum	Cuckoo Pint, Lords and Ladies, Lords-and-ladies	Alismatales: Araceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 British Rust Fungi, Wilson, M., & Henderson, D., 1966	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Melampsoraceae/Melampsora allii-populina/	Melampsora allii-populina	a rust fungus				pycnium	Foodplant / parasite		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Araceae/Arum maculatum/	Arum maculatum	cuckoo pint, lords and ladies, lords-and-ladies		live	leaf				(5)
aecium (caeomoid, grouped)		caeomoid, grouped aecium causes spots on live leaf			Allium ursinum	Ramsons	Asparagales: Amaryllidaceae	The Rust Fungi of the British Isles: A Guide to Identification by their Host Plants, Henderson, D.M., 2004 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 British Rust Fungi, Wilson, M., & Henderson, D., 1966	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Melampsoraceae/Melampsora allii-populina/	Melampsora allii-populina	a rust fungus		caeomoid, grouped		aecium	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Amaryllidaceae/Allium ursinum/	Allium ursinum	ramsons	?	live	leaf				(5)
pycnium		pycnium parasitises live leaf			Allium ursinum	Ramsons	Asparagales: Amaryllidaceae	The Rust Fungi of the British Isles: A Guide to Identification by their Host Plants, Henderson, D.M., 2004 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 British Rust Fungi, Wilson, M., & Henderson, D., 1966	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Melampsoraceae/Melampsora allii-populina/	Melampsora allii-populina	a rust fungus				pycnium	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Amaryllidaceae/Allium ursinum/	Allium ursinum	ramsons	?	live	leaf				(5)
telium (hypophyllous, subepidermal, scattered or in groups)		hypophyllous, subepidermal, scattered or in groups telium parasitises live leaf			Populus nigra	Black-poplar	Malpighiales: Salicaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 The Rust Fungi of the British Isles: A Guide to Identification by their Host Plants, Henderson, D.M., 2004 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 British Rust Fungi, Wilson, M., & Henderson, D., 1966	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Melampsoraceae/Melampsora allii-populina/	Melampsora allii-populina	a rust fungus		hypophyllous, subepidermal, scattered or in groups		telium	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus nigra/	Populus nigra	black-poplar		live	leaf
uredium (mostly hypophyllous)		mostly hypophyllous uredium causes spots on live leaf			Populus nigra	Black-poplar	Malpighiales: Salicaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 The Rust Fungi of the British Isles: A Guide to Identification by their Host Plants, Henderson, D.M., 2004 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 British Rust Fungi, Wilson, M., & Henderson, D., 1966	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Melampsoraceae/Melampsora allii-populina/	Melampsora allii-populina	a rust fungus		mostly hypophyllous		uredium	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus nigra/	Populus nigra	black-poplar		live	leaf
telium (hypophyllous, subepidermal, scattered or in groups)		hypophyllous, subepidermal, scattered or in groups telium parasitises live leaf			Populus trichocarpa	Western Balsam-poplar	Malpighiales: Salicaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 The Rust Fungi of the British Isles: A Guide to Identification by their Host Plants, Henderson, D.M., 2004 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 British Rust Fungi, Wilson, M., & Henderson, D., 1966	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Melampsoraceae/Melampsora allii-populina/	Melampsora allii-populina	a rust fungus		hypophyllous, subepidermal, scattered or in groups		telium	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus trichocarpa/	Populus trichocarpa	western balsam-poplar		live	leaf
uredium (mostly hypophyllous)		mostly hypophyllous uredium causes spots on live leaf			Populus trichocarpa	Western Balsam-poplar	Malpighiales: Salicaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 The Rust Fungi of the British Isles: A Guide to Identification by their Host Plants, Henderson, D.M., 2004 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 British Rust Fungi, Wilson, M., & Henderson, D., 1966	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Melampsoraceae/Melampsora allii-populina/	Melampsora allii-populina	a rust fungus		mostly hypophyllous		uredium	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus trichocarpa/	Populus trichocarpa	western balsam-poplar		live	leaf

Author & Year	Title	Source
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Henderson, D.M., 2004	The Rust Fungi of the British Isles: A Guide to Identification by their Host Plants	35pp, British Mycological Society
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota	517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Wilson, M., & Henderson, D., 1966	British Rust Fungi	384pp, Cambridge University Press

Melampsora allii-populina (a rust fungus) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Melampsora allii-populina (a rust fungus) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Melampsora
(a genus of rust fungi)

PUCCINIALES
(rust fungi)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Melampsora allii-populina (a rust fungus)
Genus	Melampsora (a genus of rust fungi)
Family	MELAMPSORACEAE (a family of rust fungi)
Order	PUCCINIALES (rust fungi)
Class	PUCCINIOMYCETES (rust fungi etc)
Subphylum	PUCCINIOMYCOTINA (rust fungi etc)
Phylum	BASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Melampsora allii-populina is also a member of:
Micromycetes - microfungi (via Pucciniomycetes)
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Melampsora allii-populina (a rust fungus)

Melampsora allii-populina (a rust fungus) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

PUCCINIALES
(rust fungi)

PUCCINIOMYCETES
(rust fungi etc)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Melampsora allii-populina (a rust fungus):

Melampsora
(a genus of rust fungi)

PUCCINIALES
(rust fungi)

PUCCINIOMYCETES
(rust fungi etc)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

Creative Commons License

This website is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Licence.

Unless otherwise expressly stated, all original material on the BioInfo website by Malcolm Storey is licensed under the above Creative Commons Licence.

BioInfo - Wildlife Information (UK)