Bitter Chocolate Rust - Uromyces ficariae
A rust fungus affecting Lesser Celandine (Ficaria verna). There is no host plant alternation and only the chocolate-brown telia are present on raised swollen areas of leaves and petioles, causing galls.
May be encountered wherever Lesser Celandine (Ficaria verna) is present.
Spring and early summer.
Widespread and fairly frequent in Britain.
Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.
Graham Calow
Burbage Wood
21 April 2017
telial stage on Lesser Celandine
Graham Calow
Burbage Wood
21 April 2017
telial stage on Lesser Celandine
Graham Calow
Burbage Wood
21 April 2017
telial stage on Lesser Celandine
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Species profile
- Common names
- Bitter Chocolate Rust
- Species group:
- Fungi
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Pucciniales
- Family:
- Pucciniaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 25
- First record:
- 14/04/2017 (lemmon, roy)
- Last record:
- 21/03/2024 (Bell, Melinda)
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Graham Calow
Burbage Wood
21 April 2017
telial stage on Lesser Celandine
