Violet Bramble Rust - Phragmidium violaceum
Phragmidium violaceum is a gall-causing rust on Bramble (Rubus fruticosus agg.). There is no host-plant alternation. Aecia, uredinia and black telia are on the leaf undersides, with a corresponding violet spot on the upperside.
Phragmidium bulbosum
Widespread and fairly common in Britain.
Fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland.
David Nicholls
Charnwood Lodge
11 October 2023
on bramble
David Nicholls
Charnwood Lodge
11 October 2023
on bramble
David Nicholls
Martinshaw Wood
05 November 2011
leaf underside
Graham Calow
Ulverscroft
08 September 2011
on Bramble
David Nicholls
Sheet Hedges Wood
10 December 2011
Melinda Bell
Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Wood
19 December 2018
David Nicholls
Martinshaw Wood
12 November 2011
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Species profile
- Common names
- Violet Bramble Rust
- Species group:
- Fungi
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Pucciniales
- Family:
- Phragmidiaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 192
- First record:
- 08/09/2011 (Calow, Graham)
- Last record:
- 03/02/2024 (lemmon, roy)
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Melinda Bell
Footpath alongside A42,Ashby
06 October 2022
Graham Calow
Path near High Cross
05 October 2020
rust on Bramble - underside
Steve Mathers
Ulverscroft NR
30 August 2016
Graham Calow
Sapcote
26 September 2013
