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arum rust

Puccinia sessilis

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 125, February 92, March 144, April 227, May 328, June 357, July 382, August 329, September 241, October 180, November 98, December 77.
United States3,078
Alaska2,582
United Kingdom301
England248
Canada206
Ontario194
Germany117
Wisconsin105
Michigan74
Minnesota66

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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