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Pucciniastrum

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Pucciniastrum is a genus of Basidiomycota fungi. Pucciniastrum species, like all rust fungi, are obligate plant parasites.

Species

Huckleberry Broom Rust Fungus

GENUS

  1. KingdomFungi
  2. PhylumBasidiomycota
  3. ClassPucciniomycetes
  4. OrderPucciniales
  5. FamilyPucciniastraceae
Observations1,187
Observations recorded23,904

Pucciniastrum G.H. Otth – rodzaj grzybów z rzędu rdzowców (Pucciniales). Grzyby mikroskopijne, pasożyty roślin.

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
145
With media
90
Family
Pucciniastraceae
Collections
F, NY, FH, MICH, DBG, BPI
Recorded in
United States, Japan, Italy, Germany, Philippines, Canada, China

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Pucciniastraceae
Image
Pucciniastrum areolatum.jpg
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Commons category
Pucciniastrum
taxon name
Pucciniastrum
taxon rank
genus
taxon author citation
G.H.Otth
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Encyclopedic overview

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Pucciniastrum is a genus of Basidiomycota fungi. Pucciniastrum species, like all rust fungi, are obligate plant parasites.

The genus name of Pucciniastrum is in honour of Tommaso Puccini (died 1735), who was an Italian doctor and botanist who taught anatomy at Hospital of Santa Maria Nuova in Florence.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pucciniastrum” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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