Phragmidium bulbosum

Description

A gall-causing rust fungus that affects the leaves of various Rubus species (Blackberry, Dewberry etc.). There is no host alternation.  It is usually recorded in the telial stage, which are black and in the leaf undersides.  Spermogonia are on the leaf upperside, and minute yellow aecia underside.

Identification difficulty
UK Status

Seems to be quite widely distributed in Britain, though not well recorded.

VC55 Status

Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.

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Species profile

Species group:
Fungi
Kingdom:
Fungi
Order:
Pucciniales
Family:
Phragmidiaceae
Records on NatureSpot:
90
First record:
21/04/2016 (Grimes, Martin)
Last record:
23/10/2023 (lemmon, roy)

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