Puccinia oxalidis
A bright orange rust fungus affecting some non-native members of the Sorrel family, including those with pink flowers (Oxalis rosea, O articulata, O debilis, O latifolia). Yellow uredinia are borne on the underside of the leaves. Telia are minute and rarely seen; aecia and spermogonia unknown in Europe. It does not cause galls, and does not affect the native Wood-sorrel Oxalis acetosella or the small-leaved yellow sorrels O corniculata and O exilis.
host 
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parks, gardens, waste ground
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
02 April 2016
on Pink Sorrel Oxalis articulata
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
02 April 2016
on Pink Sorrel Oxalis articulata
Craig Mabbett
Broughton Astley Garden
27 March 2017
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Species profile
- Common names
- Oxalis Rust
- Species group:
- fungus
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Pucciniales
- Family:
- Pucciniaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 2
- First record:
- 02/04/2016 (Calow, Graham)
- Last record:
- 27/03/2017 (Mabbett, Craig)
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