Uromyces rumicis (Schumach.) G. Winter
(a rust fungus)

Interactions where Uromyces rumicis 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
telium		telium parasitises live			Rumex conglomeratus	Clustered Dock	Caryophyllales: Polygonaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 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/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Uromyces rumicis/	Uromyces rumicis	a rust fungus				telium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex conglomeratus/	Rumex conglomeratus	clustered dock		live
uredium (amphigenous)		amphigenous uredium parasitises live leaf			Rumex conglomeratus	Clustered Dock	Caryophyllales: Polygonaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 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/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Uromyces rumicis/	Uromyces rumicis	a rust fungus		amphigenous		uredium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex conglomeratus/	Rumex conglomeratus	clustered dock		live	leaf
telium		telium parasitises live			Rumex crispus	Curled Dock	Caryophyllales: Polygonaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 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/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Uromyces rumicis/	Uromyces rumicis	a rust fungus				telium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex crispus/	Rumex crispus	curled dock		live
uredium (amphigenous)		amphigenous uredium parasitises live leaf			Rumex crispus	Curled Dock	Caryophyllales: Polygonaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 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/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Uromyces rumicis/	Uromyces rumicis	a rust fungus		amphigenous		uredium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex crispus/	Rumex crispus	curled dock		live	leaf
telium		telium parasitises live			Rumex hydrolapathum	Water Dock	Caryophyllales: Polygonaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 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/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Uromyces rumicis/	Uromyces rumicis	a rust fungus				telium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex hydrolapathum/	Rumex hydrolapathum	water dock		live
uredium (amphigenous)		amphigenous uredium parasitises live leaf			Rumex hydrolapathum	Water Dock	Caryophyllales: Polygonaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 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/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Uromyces rumicis/	Uromyces rumicis	a rust fungus		amphigenous		uredium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex hydrolapathum/	Rumex hydrolapathum	water dock		live	leaf
telium		telium parasitises live			Rumex longifolius	Northern Dock	Caryophyllales: Polygonaceae	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/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Uromyces rumicis/	Uromyces rumicis	a rust fungus				telium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex longifolius/	Rumex longifolius	northern dock		live
uredium (amphigenous)		amphigenous uredium parasitises live leaf			Rumex longifolius	Northern Dock	Caryophyllales: Polygonaceae	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/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Uromyces rumicis/	Uromyces rumicis	a rust fungus		amphigenous		uredium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex longifolius/	Rumex longifolius	northern dock		live	leaf
telium		telium parasitises live			Rumex maritimus	Golden Dock	Caryophyllales: Polygonaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 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/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Uromyces rumicis/	Uromyces rumicis	a rust fungus				telium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex maritimus/	Rumex maritimus	golden dock		live
uredium (amphigenous)		amphigenous uredium parasitises live leaf			Rumex maritimus	Golden Dock	Caryophyllales: Polygonaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 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/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Uromyces rumicis/	Uromyces rumicis	a rust fungus		amphigenous		uredium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex maritimus/	Rumex maritimus	golden dock		live	leaf
telium		telium parasitises live			Rumex obtusifolius	Broad-leaved Dock	Caryophyllales: Polygonaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 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/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Uromyces rumicis/	Uromyces rumicis	a rust fungus				telium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex obtusifolius/	Rumex obtusifolius	broad-leaved dock		live
uredium (amphigenous)		amphigenous uredium parasitises live leaf			Rumex obtusifolius	Broad-leaved Dock	Caryophyllales: Polygonaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 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/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Uromyces rumicis/	Uromyces rumicis	a rust fungus		amphigenous		uredium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex obtusifolius/	Rumex obtusifolius	broad-leaved dock		live	leaf
telium		telium parasitises live			Rumex patientia	Patience Dock	Caryophyllales: Polygonaceae	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/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Uromyces rumicis/	Uromyces rumicis	a rust fungus				telium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex patientia/	Rumex patientia	patience dock		live
uredium (amphigenous)		amphigenous uredium parasitises live leaf			Rumex patientia	Patience Dock	Caryophyllales: Polygonaceae	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/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Uromyces rumicis/	Uromyces rumicis	a rust fungus		amphigenous		uredium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex patientia/	Rumex patientia	patience dock		live	leaf
telium		telium parasitises live			Rumex sanguineus	Wood Dock	Caryophyllales: Polygonaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 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/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Uromyces rumicis/	Uromyces rumicis	a rust fungus				telium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex sanguineus/	Rumex sanguineus	wood dock		live
uredium (amphigenous)		amphigenous uredium parasitises live leaf			Rumex sanguineus	Wood Dock	Caryophyllales: Polygonaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 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/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Uromyces rumicis/	Uromyces rumicis	a rust fungus		amphigenous		uredium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex sanguineus/	Rumex sanguineus	wood dock		live	leaf
aecium		aecium parasitises live			Ficaria verna	Lesser Celandine	Ranunculales: Ranunculaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 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/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Uromyces rumicis/	Uromyces rumicis	a rust fungus				aecium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ficaria verna/	Ficaria verna	lesser celandine		live			Minor		(3-5)
pycnium		pycnium parasitises live			Ficaria verna	Lesser Celandine	Ranunculales: Ranunculaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 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/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Uromyces rumicis/	Uromyces rumicis	a rust fungus				pycnium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ficaria verna/	Ficaria verna	lesser celandine		live			Minor		(3-5)

Interactions where Uromyces rumicis is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

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

Filters:

Affected Part		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	Summary
		is grazed by larva			Mycodiplosis coniophaga	a gall midge	Diptera: Cecidomyiidae	Revision in Mitteleuropa vorkommender mycophager Gallmucken der Mycodiplosis-gruppe (Diptera, Cecidomiidae) unter Berucksichtigung ihrer Wirtspezifitat, Holz, B., 1970	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Cecidomyiidae/Mycodiplosis coniophaga/	Mycodiplosis coniophaga	a gall midge				larva	Fungus / external feeder		Foreign	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Uromyces rumicis/	Uromyces rumicis	a rust fungus								larva grazes on

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
Holz, B., 1970	Revision in Mitteleuropa vorkommender mycophager Gallmucken der Mycodiplosis-gruppe (Diptera, Cecidomiidae) unter Berucksichtigung ihrer Wirtspezifitat
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

Uromyces rumicis (a rust fungus) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Uromyces rumicis (a rust fungus) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

PUCCINIALES
(rust fungi)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Uromyces rumicis (a rust fungus)
Genus	Uromyces (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)

Uromyces rumicis 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 Uromyces rumicis (a rust fungus)

Uromyces rumicis (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 Uromyces rumicis (a rust fungus):

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

BioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 32 images of Uromyces rumicis (a rust fungus)

A common rust with pycnia and aecia on Lesser Celandine, the uredia and telia on docks (Rumex spp)

Aecia on Lesser Celandine (Ranunculus ficaria) can be distinguished from those of U. dactylidis by the refractive granules.

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