Box Rust - Puccinia buxi
Box Rust causes galls on Box (Buxus sempervirens). There is no host alternation, and only brown telia are formed on yellowish patches, on both sides of the leaf, which become slightly swollen.
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Box Buxus sempervirens
Most months of the year.
steven lewis
Wymondham Rough LRWT
08 March 2020
telia on Box
steven lewis
Wymondham Rough LRWT
08 March 2020
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Species profile
- Common names
- Box Rust
- Species group:
- fungus
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Pucciniales
- Family:
- Pucciniaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 3
- First record:
- 08/03/2020 (Lewis, Steven)
- Last record:
- 15/09/2021 (lemmon, roy)
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