Tuberculina maxima Rostr.
(Purple Mould)

Interactions where Tuberculina maxima 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
Tuberculina anamorph (effuse)		effuse sporodochium of Tuberculina anamorph parasitises aecium			Cronartium flaccidum	Scots Pine Blister Rust, Pine Resin-top Rust	Pucciniales: Cronartiaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Helicobasidiales/Helicobasidiaceae/Tuberculina maxima/	Tuberculina maxima	purple mould		effuse	sporodochium	Tuberculina anamorph	Fungus / parasite			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Cronartiaceae/Cronartium flaccidum/	Cronartium flaccidum	Scots pine blister rust, pine resin-top rust				aecium
Tuberculina anamorph (effuse)		effuse sporodochium of Tuberculina anamorph parasitises aecium			Cronartium flaccidum	Scots Pine Blister Rust, Pine Resin-top Rust	Pucciniales: Cronartiaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Helicobasidiales/Helicobasidiaceae/Tuberculina maxima/	Tuberculina maxima	purple mould		effuse	sporodochium	Tuberculina anamorph	Fungus / parasite			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Cronartiaceae/Cronartium flaccidum/	Cronartium flaccidum	Scots pine blister rust, pine resin-top rust				aecium
Tuberculina anamorph (effuse)		effuse sporodochium of Tuberculina anamorph parasitises aecium			Cronartium ribicola	White Pine Blister Rust	Pucciniales: Cronartiaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998 British Rust Fungi, Wilson, M., & Henderson, D., 1966	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Helicobasidiales/Helicobasidiaceae/Tuberculina maxima/	Tuberculina maxima	purple mould		effuse	sporodochium	Tuberculina anamorph	Fungus / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Cronartiaceae/Cronartium ribicola/	Cronartium ribicola	white pine blister rust				aecium
Tuberculina anamorph (effuse)		effuse sporodochium of Tuberculina anamorph parasitises aecium			Gymnosporangium confusum	a rust fungus	Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Helicobasidiales/Helicobasidiaceae/Tuberculina maxima/	Tuberculina maxima	purple mould		effuse	sporodochium	Tuberculina anamorph	Fungus / parasite			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Gymnosporangium confusum/	Gymnosporangium confusum	a rust fungus				aecium

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
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 246pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
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

Tuberculina maxima (Purple Mould) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Tuberculina maxima (Purple Mould) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Anamorphic Species	Tuberculina maxima (Purple Mould)
Genus	Tuberculina (a genus of anamorphic pucciniomycetes)
Family	HELICOBASIDIACEAE (a family of pucciniomycetes)
Order	HELICOBASIDIALES (an order of pucciniomycetes)
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)

Tuberculina maxima 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 Tuberculina maxima (Purple Mould)

Tuberculina maxima (Purple Mould) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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 Tuberculina maxima (Purple Mould):

PUCCINIOMYCETES
(rust fungi etc)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

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