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Cluster Cup Rust

Puccinia caricina

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 124, February 92, March 144, April 227, May 327, June 356, July 381, August 328, September 241, October 180, November 98, December 77.
United States4,604
Alaska2,575
Canada703
Ontario587
Wisconsin363
Michigan278
Minnesota167
California131
Wyoming120
New York118

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.

Classification

KingdomFungi Including Lichens · Fungi
PhylumBasidiomycete Fungi · Basidiomycota
ClassPucciniomycetes
Orderrust fungi · Pucciniales
FamilyPucciniaceae
GenusOrange-Yellow Rusts · Puccinia

Sources

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

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