Rust fungus

Hughes, ACT

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Identification history

	Rust fungus	10 Jan 2018	Heino
	Geranium solanderi	9 Jan 2018	ruthkerruish

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This a rust - not sure which one - there is native rust (Puccinia morrisoni) which affects pelargoniums and another rust (P. pelargonii-zonalis) which is a serious diseases of some cultivated species. I am not sure whether to put this sighting under the host (Geranium solanderi) or the rust!

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KenT wrote:

9 Jan 2018

Sorry Ruth one needs to look at the associated fungi with a microscope. John Walker in his paper "The rusts of Geraniaceae in Australia" (Polish Botanical Journal 55(2): 315–334, 2010) listed two species on Geranium (Puccinia geranii-pilosi and Uromyces geranii), two species on Pelargonium (Puccinia pelargonii-zonalis and Puccinia morrisonii) and the possibility of several other species yet to be recorded from Australian Geraniaceae.

ruthkerruish wrote:

10 Jan 2018

Might just leave it as a rust fungus.

Heino wrote:

10 Jan 2018

Okay Ruth, I've created Rust fungus as a holding category for sightings such as this, where a more precise identification is not possible.

ruthkerruish wrote:

10 Jan 2018

Thank you. Actually I keep herbarium specimens of sightings such as these.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.098855 -35.338798
Maps Hughes Garran Woodland Red Hill to Yarralumla Creek
Places Hughes, ACT

Sighting information

4 - 15 Abundance
8 Jan 2018 12:00 AM Recorded on
ruthkerruish Recorded by
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Fungi Fungal galls, other rusts, leaf spots, etc Other rusts, leaf spots, sooty moulds ruthkerruish Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

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Less than 10cm Plant height

Species information

Rust fungus Scientific name
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Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
613.2m to 696.18m Recorded at altitude
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