Melampsora salicis-albae Kleb.
(a rust fungus)

Interactions where Melampsora salicis-albae is the controlling partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see '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 (amphigenous)		amphigenous telium parasitises live leaf			Salix alba	White Willow	Malpighiales: Salicaceae	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/Melampsoraceae/Melampsora salicis-albae/	Melampsora salicis-albae	a rust fungus		amphigenous		telium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix alba/	Salix alba	white willow		live	leaf
telium (amphigenous)		amphigenous telium parasitises live twig			Salix alba	White Willow	Malpighiales: Salicaceae	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/Melampsoraceae/Melampsora salicis-albae/	Melampsora salicis-albae	a rust fungus		amphigenous		telium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix alba/	Salix alba	white willow		live	twig
uredium (aparaphysate)		aparaphysate uredium parasitises live twig			Salix alba	White Willow	Malpighiales: Salicaceae	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/Melampsoraceae/Melampsora salicis-albae/	Melampsora salicis-albae	a rust fungus		aparaphysate		uredium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix alba/	Salix alba	white willow		live	twig
uredium (paraphysate)		paraphysate uredium parasitises live leaf			Salix alba	White Willow	Malpighiales: Salicaceae	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/Melampsoraceae/Melampsora salicis-albae/	Melampsora salicis-albae	a rust fungus		paraphysate		uredium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix alba/	Salix alba	white willow		live	leaf
telium (amphigenous)		amphigenous telium parasitises live leaf			Salix alba var vitellina	Golden Willow	Malpighiales: Salicaceae	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/Melampsoraceae/Melampsora salicis-albae/	Melampsora salicis-albae	a rust fungus		amphigenous		telium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix alba var. vitellina/	Salix alba var. vitellina	golden willow		live	leaf
telium (amphigenous)		amphigenous telium parasitises live twig			Salix alba var vitellina	Golden Willow	Malpighiales: Salicaceae	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/Melampsoraceae/Melampsora salicis-albae/	Melampsora salicis-albae	a rust fungus		amphigenous		telium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix alba var. vitellina/	Salix alba var. vitellina	golden willow		live	twig
uredium (aparaphysate)		aparaphysate uredium parasitises live twig			Salix alba var vitellina	Golden Willow	Malpighiales: Salicaceae	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/Melampsoraceae/Melampsora salicis-albae/	Melampsora salicis-albae	a rust fungus		aparaphysate		uredium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix alba var. vitellina/	Salix alba var. vitellina	golden willow		live	twig
uredium (paraphysate)		paraphysate uredium parasitises live leaf			Salix alba var vitellina	Golden Willow	Malpighiales: Salicaceae	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/Melampsoraceae/Melampsora salicis-albae/	Melampsora salicis-albae	a rust fungus		paraphysate		uredium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix alba var. vitellina/	Salix alba var. vitellina	golden willow		live	leaf

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

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Melampsora salicis-albae (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))

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Melampsora salicis-albae (a rust fungus)
Genus	Melampsora (a genus of rust fungi)
Family	MELAMPSORACEAE (a family of rust fungi)
Order	PUCCINIALES (rust fungi)
Class	PUCCINIOMYCETES (pucciniomycete fungi)
Subphylum	PUCCINIOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
Phylum	BASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Melampsora salicis-albae 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 salicis-albae (a rust fungus)

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

PUCCINIALES
(rust fungi)

PUCCINIOMYCETES
(pucciniomycete fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers)

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 salicis-albae (a rust fungus):

Melampsora
(a genus of rust fungi)

PUCCINIALES
(rust fungi)

PUCCINIOMYCETES
(pucciniomycete fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

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