Mint Rust - Puccinia menthae
Puccinia menthae is a rust fungus which galls the leaves of various Mints (Mentha aquatica, etc.), and occasionally Marjoram (Origanum vulgare) or Wild Basil (Clinopodium vulgare). Young leaves at shoot tip become thickened, distorted, with purple patches. carrying aecia and spermogonia; later uredinia and telia are present.
Widespread and fairly frequent in Britain.
Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.
Graham Calow
Sharnford, Fosse Meadows
28 September 2020
on Water Mint
Graham Calow
Sharnford, Fosse Meadows
28 September 2020
on Water Mint
sue
Bagworth
22 August 2020
on Mentha
Graham Calow
Sharnford, Fosse Meadows
28 September 2020
on Water Mint
sue
Bagworth
22 August 2020
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Species profile
- Common names
- Mint Rust
- Species group:
- Fungi
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Pucciniales
- Family:
- Pucciniaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 22
- First record:
- 23/08/2016 (Grimes, Martin)
- Last record:
- 27/09/2023 (lemmon, roy)
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Melinda Bell
Ashby Canal,Shenton
10 August 2023
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Ashby Canal,Shenton
10 August 2023
