Uromyces junci

Uromyces junci is a fungus species and plant pathogen which causes rust on various plants including (Rushes) Juncus species.

Uromyces junci
Uromyces junci on Juncus subnodulosus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Pucciniomycetes
Order:	Pucciniales
Family:	Pucciniaceae
Genus:	Uromyces
Species:	U. junci
Binomial name
Uromyces junci Tul. (1854)[1]
Synonyms[2]
List Aecidium zonale Bréb., in Duby, Bot. Gall., Edn 2 (Paris) 2: 906 (1830) Coeomurus junci (Tul.) Kuntze [as 'Caeomurus'], Revis. gen. pl. (Leipzig) 3(3): 450 (1898) Nigredo junci (Tul.) Arthur, N. Amer. Fl. (New York) 7(3): 238 (1920) Puccinia junci Desm., Pl. crypt. exsicc. 1: no. 81 (1825)

It appears as a whitish peridium and a pale yellow mass of spores,^[3] it can be found on Pulicaria dysenterica, Juncus articulatus, Juncus bufonius, Juncus effusus, Juncus inflexus and Juncus subnodulosus.^[4][5]

It is mainly found in Europe, North America, New Zealand and parts of South America.^[6]

In 1994, it was found in Japan.^[7]

References

1. Tul., Annls Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 4 2: 146 (1854)
2. "Species Fungorum - GSD Species". www.speciesfungorum.org. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
3. "Uromyces junci". Retrieved 24 August 2023.
4. Ellis, M.B.; Year, J.P. (1997). Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook (2nd ed.). The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd. ISBN 0 85546 245 0.
5. Legon, N.W.; Henrici, A.; Roberts, P.J.; Spooner, B.M.; Watling, R. (2005). Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota,. London, U.K.: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ISBN 1 84246 121 4.
6. "Uromyces junci Tul". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
7. Harada, Yukio (1994). "Materials for the rust flora of Japan VI". Mycoscience. 35: 295–299.