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Nettle Clustercup Rust fungus

Puccinia urticata

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 257, February 190, March 298, April 469, May 676, June 737, July 789, August 678, September 498, October 372, November 203, December 159.
United States5,523
Alaska5,325
United Kingdom1,274
England621
Scotland588
Germany415
Russia280
Austria188
Poland151
Ukraine111

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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