Fungi

Hollyhock Rust

Puccinia malvacearum

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 234, February 173, March 271, April 426, May 614, June 669, July 716, August 616, September 452, October 338, November 184, December 144.
United States8,833
Alaska4,836
California1,227
New York817
United Kingdom559
England527
Canada519
Ontario438
Spain415
New Jersey387

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Human edibleListed as edible by a harvested source. This is a research trait, not foraging advice.FungiTastic metadata
  • Plant pathogenDescends from a fungal lineage whose members commonly parasitize or infect plants.Inferred from its group
  • ParasiteDescends from a lineage whose members commonly live parasitically on another organism.Inferred from its group

Edibility, toxicity and medicinal traits are records from datasets, not advice. Never eat, handle or use a wild species on the strength of an app.

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Hollyhock Rust with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.