Uromyces sparsus (Kunze & J.C. Schmidt) Lév.
(a rust fungus)

Interactions where Uromyces sparsus 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 (in rings)		in rings aecium parasitises live			Spergularia marina	Lesser Sea-spurrey	Caryophyllales: Caryophyllaceae	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 sparsus/	Uromyces sparsus	a rust fungus		in rings		aecium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Spergularia marina/	Spergularia marina	lesser sea-spurrey		live
pycnium		pycnium parasitises live			Spergularia marina	Lesser Sea-spurrey	Caryophyllales: Caryophyllaceae	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 sparsus/	Uromyces sparsus	a rust fungus				pycnium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Spergularia marina/	Spergularia marina	lesser sea-spurrey		live
telium		telium parasitises live			Spergularia marina	Lesser Sea-spurrey	Caryophyllales: Caryophyllaceae	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 sparsus/	Uromyces sparsus	a rust fungus				telium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Spergularia marina/	Spergularia marina	lesser sea-spurrey		live
uredium		uredium parasitises live			Spergularia marina	Lesser Sea-spurrey	Caryophyllales: Caryophyllaceae	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 sparsus/	Uromyces sparsus	a rust fungus				uredium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Spergularia marina/	Spergularia marina	lesser sea-spurrey		live
aecium (in rings)		in rings aecium parasitises live			Spergularia media	Greater Sea-spurrey	Caryophyllales: Caryophyllaceae	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 sparsus/	Uromyces sparsus	a rust fungus		in rings		aecium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Spergularia media/	Spergularia media	greater sea-spurrey		live
pycnium		pycnium parasitises live			Spergularia media	Greater Sea-spurrey	Caryophyllales: Caryophyllaceae	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 sparsus/	Uromyces sparsus	a rust fungus				pycnium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Spergularia media/	Spergularia media	greater sea-spurrey		live
telium		telium parasitises live			Spergularia media	Greater Sea-spurrey	Caryophyllales: Caryophyllaceae	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 sparsus/	Uromyces sparsus	a rust fungus				telium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Spergularia media/	Spergularia media	greater sea-spurrey		live
uredium		uredium parasitises live			Spergularia media	Greater Sea-spurrey	Caryophyllales: Caryophyllaceae	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 sparsus/	Uromyces sparsus	a rust fungus				uredium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Spergularia media/	Spergularia media	greater sea-spurrey		live
aecium (in rings)		in rings aecium parasitises live			Spergularia rubra	Sand Spurrey	Caryophyllales: Caryophyllaceae	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 sparsus/	Uromyces sparsus	a rust fungus		in rings		aecium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Spergularia rubra/	Spergularia rubra	sand spurrey		live
pycnium		pycnium parasitises live			Spergularia rubra	Sand Spurrey	Caryophyllales: Caryophyllaceae	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 sparsus/	Uromyces sparsus	a rust fungus				pycnium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Spergularia rubra/	Spergularia rubra	sand spurrey		live
telium		telium parasitises live			Spergularia rubra	Sand Spurrey	Caryophyllales: Caryophyllaceae	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 sparsus/	Uromyces sparsus	a rust fungus				telium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Spergularia rubra/	Spergularia rubra	sand spurrey		live
uredium		uredium parasitises live			Spergularia rubra	Sand Spurrey	Caryophyllales: Caryophyllaceae	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 sparsus/	Uromyces sparsus	a rust fungus				uredium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Spergularia rubra/	Spergularia rubra	sand spurrey		live

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

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Uromyces sparsus (a rust fungus) may 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 sparsus (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 sparsus 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 sparsus (a rust fungus)

Uromyces sparsus (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 sparsus (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))

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