Uromyces geranii
Uromyces geranii is a rust fungus that galls the leaves of various Geranium and Erodium species (Crane's-bills and Stork's-bills); there is no host-plant alternation. Aecia are orange, on leaf undersides and petiole; later pale brown uredinia and darker telia appear on the leaf underside.
Widespread in Britain.
Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.
Graham Calow
Whistle Way, Narborough
25 March 2017
aecial stage on Crane's-bill
Graham Calow
Whistle Way, Narborough
25 March 2017
aecial stage on Crane's-bill
martindgrimes
Great Casterton
28 July 2016
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Species profile
- Common names
- Geranium Rust
- Species group:
- Fungi
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Pucciniales
- Family:
- Pucciniaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 27
- First record:
- 28/07/2016 (Grimes, Martin)
- Last record:
- 26/10/2023 (Smith, Peter)
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martindgrimes
Great Casterton
28 July 2016
martindgrimes
Great Casterton
28 July 2016
