Puccinia smyrnii Biv.
(Alexanders Rust)

Interactions where Puccinia smyrnii 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 (aecioid)		aecioid aecium causes gall of live, distorted petiole			Smyrnium olusatrum	Alexanders	Apiales: Apiaceae	Puccinia smyrnii and P. vincae: a microscopical study of two autoecious rusts, Agro, L.A., Bell, A. & Shattock, R.C., 1999 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia smyrnii/	Puccinia smyrnii	alexanders rust		aecioid		aecium	Foodplant / gall		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Smyrnium olusatrum/	Smyrnium olusatrum	alexanders		live, distorted	petiole				(1-12)
aecium (aecioid)		aecioid aecium causes gall of live, distorted stem			Smyrnium olusatrum	Alexanders	Apiales: Apiaceae	Puccinia smyrnii and P. vincae: a microscopical study of two autoecious rusts, Agro, L.A., Bell, A. & Shattock, R.C., 1999 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia smyrnii/	Puccinia smyrnii	alexanders rust		aecioid		aecium	Foodplant / gall		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Smyrnium olusatrum/	Smyrnium olusatrum	alexanders		live, distorted	stem				(1-12)
aecium (mainly hypophyllous, aecioid)		mainly hypophyllous, aecioid aecium causes gall of live leaf			Smyrnium olusatrum	Alexanders	Apiales: Apiaceae	Puccinia smyrnii and P. vincae: a microscopical study of two autoecious rusts, Agro, L.A., Bell, A. & Shattock, R.C., 1999 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia smyrnii/	Puccinia smyrnii	alexanders rust		mainly hypophyllous, aecioid		aecium	Foodplant / gall		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Smyrnium olusatrum/	Smyrnium olusatrum	alexanders		live	leaf				(1-12)
pycnium (clustered, epiphyllous, erumpent, fragrant)		clustered, epiphyllous, erumpent, fragrant pycnium parasitises live leaf			Smyrnium olusatrum	Alexanders	Apiales: Apiaceae	Puccinia smyrnii and P. vincae: a microscopical study of two autoecious rusts, Agro, L.A., Bell, A. & Shattock, R.C., 1999 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia smyrnii/	Puccinia smyrnii	alexanders rust		clustered, epiphyllous, erumpent, fragrant		pycnium	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Smyrnium olusatrum/	Smyrnium olusatrum	alexanders		live	leaf				(1-12)
pycnium (clustered, erumpent, fragrant)		clustered, erumpent, fragrant pycnium parasitises live petiole			Smyrnium olusatrum	Alexanders	Apiales: Apiaceae	Puccinia smyrnii and P. vincae: a microscopical study of two autoecious rusts, Agro, L.A., Bell, A. & Shattock, R.C., 1999 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia smyrnii/	Puccinia smyrnii	alexanders rust		clustered, erumpent, fragrant		pycnium	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Smyrnium olusatrum/	Smyrnium olusatrum	alexanders		live	petiole				(1-12)
pycnium (clustered, erumpent, fragrant)		clustered, erumpent, fragrant pycnium parasitises live stem			Smyrnium olusatrum	Alexanders	Apiales: Apiaceae	Puccinia smyrnii and P. vincae: a microscopical study of two autoecious rusts, Agro, L.A., Bell, A. & Shattock, R.C., 1999 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia smyrnii/	Puccinia smyrnii	alexanders rust		clustered, erumpent, fragrant		pycnium	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Smyrnium olusatrum/	Smyrnium olusatrum	alexanders		live	stem				(1-12)
telium (hypophyllous)		hypophyllous telium causes spots on live leaf			Smyrnium olusatrum	Alexanders	Apiales: Apiaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia smyrnii/	Puccinia smyrnii	alexanders rust		hypophyllous		telium	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Smyrnium olusatrum/	Smyrnium olusatrum	alexanders		live	leaf				(1-12)

Author & Year	Title	Source
Agro, L.A., Bell, A. & Shattock, R.C., 1999	Puccinia smyrnii and P. vincae: a microscopical study of two autoecious rusts	Mycologist Vol 13 (3): 107-111.
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd

Puccinia smyrnii (Alexanders Rust) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Puccinia
(a genus of rust fungi)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Puccinia smyrnii (Alexanders Rust) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Puccinia
(a genus of rust fungi)

PUCCINIALES
(rust fungi)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Puccinia smyrnii (Alexanders Rust)
Genus	Puccinia (a genus of rust fungi)
Family	PUCCINIACEAE (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)

Puccinia smyrnii 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 Puccinia smyrnii (Alexanders Rust)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Agro, L.A., Bell, A. & Shattock, R.C.	1999	Puccinia smyrnii and P. vincae: a microscopical study of two autoecious rusts	Mycologist Vol 13 (3): 107-111.

Puccinia smyrnii (Alexanders Rust) may also 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 Puccinia smyrnii (Alexanders Rust):

Puccinia
(a genus of rust fungi)

PUCCINIACEAE
(a family 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))

BioImages

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