Melampsora hypericorum
Melampsora hypericorum is an orange rust fungus that attacks Hypericum species, most notably Tutsan (Hypericum androsaemum), forming yellow aecia on the leaf undersides, with corresponding yellow or reddish patches above. There is no host alternation, and no uredinia are formed; telia are rare.
Anywhere that Tutsan is found.
Late spring and summer
Widespread and fairly frequent in Britain.
Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.
Maggie Frankum
Knighton Garden
21 April 2014
rust on Tutsan
Melinda Bell
Ashby,Leicester Road garden
17 June 2020
Maggie Frankum
Knighton Garden
21 April 2014
rust on Tutsan
Saharima Roenisch
Leicester Spinney Hill Park
27 April 2019
rust on Tutsan
Saharima Roenisch
Leicester Spinney Hill Park
27 April 2019
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Species profile
- Common names
- Tutsan Rust
- Species group:
- Fungi
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Pucciniales
- Family:
- Melampsoraceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 7
- First record:
- 21/04/2014 (Frankum, Maggie)
- Last record:
- 05/06/2023 (Smith, Peter)
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Saharima Roenisch
Leicester Spinney Hill Park
27 April 2019
