Bitter Chocolate Rust - Uromyces ficariae
Bitter Chocolate Rust affects 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.
host 
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on Lesser Celandine (Ficaria verna)
Spring and early summer.
Graham Calow
Burbage Wood
21 April 2017
telial stage on Lesser Celandine
Graham Calow
Burbage Wood
21 April 2017
telial stage on Lesser Celandine
sue
Thornton, St Peter's churchyard
15 March 2026
Graham Calow
Burbage Wood
21 April 2017
telial stage on Lesser Celandine
Saharima Roenisch
Stoneygate garden
14 April 2018
sue
Thornton, St Peter's churchyard
15 March 2026
Melinda Bell
Path south from Market Bosworth Country Park
21 March 2024
upper surface
sue
Ulverscroft, Ulverscroft Lane
17 April 2024
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:
- fungus
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Pucciniales
- Family:
- Pucciniaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 36
- First record:
- 14/04/2017 (lemmon, roy)
- Last record:
- 12/04/2026 (Bell, Melinda)
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