APHOTOFUNGI

An online educational resource dedicated to the photography of fungi;
mushrooms, toadstools, brackets, cups, plant diseases etc., found
in South-West England, especially Devon and Cornwall, by David Fenwick.

A-P-H-O-T-O Wildlife Stock Image Library
Puccinia punctiformis - Thistle Rust (Pucciniomycota Images)
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Thistle Rust
Puccinia punctiformis
- leaf underside 1

Thistle Rust
Puccinia punctiformis
- leaf underside 2

Thistle Rust
Puccinia punctiformis
- leaf underside 3

Thistle Rust
Puccinia punctiformis
- leaf upperside 1

Thistle Rust
Puccinia punctiformis
- leaf upperside 2

Thistle Rust
Puccinia punctiformis
- on Creeping Thistle shoot 1

Species found on Cirsium arvense, Creeping Thistle, on cyclepath at Chittleburn Hill, nr. Brixton, Plymouth, Devon. 17.04.07. SX5409852362. Also found on footpath leading to Trenow Cove, Marazion, Cornwall. 29.08.13.

Puccinia punctiformis Thistle Rust Pucciniomycota Images
The main objective of this website is in furthering environmental awareness and education through the medium of photography. To increase awareness and access to the wildlife of the region and help
people find and identify it. The difference between species is rarely obvious, many species can only be determined by observing microscopic characteristics that are specific to any one species.