''Coleosporium'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
rust fungi
Rusts are fungal plant pathogens of the order Pucciniales (previously known as Uredinales) causing plant fungal diseases.
An estimated 168 rust genera and approximately 7,000 species, more than half of which belong to the genus ''Puccinia'', are ...
belonging to the family
Coleosporiaceae
The Coleosporiaceae are a family of rust fungi in the order Pucciniales. The family contains 6 genera and 131 species
A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or m ...
. This diverse genus encompasses approximately 100 distinct species.
[ The lifecycle of these fungi involves ]aecial
An aecium (plural aecia) is a specialised reproductive structure found in some plant pathogenic rust fungi that produce aeciospores. Aecia may also be referred to as "cluster cups". The term aecidium (plural aecidia) is used interchangeably but ...
stages, during which they parasitize
Parasitism is a close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives (at least some of the time) on or inside another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life. The ento ...
various species of ''Pinus
A pine is any conifer tree or shrub in the genus ''Pinus'' () of the family Pinaceae. ''Pinus'' is the sole genus in the subfamily Pinoideae.
''World Flora Online'' accepts 134 species-rank taxa (119 species and 15 nothospecies) of pines as c ...
'' (pine trees), while their telial occur on a number of angiosperm
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed within a fruit ...
s (flowering plants).[ CABDbr>20133387315]
Selected species
*''Coleosporium asterum
is a species of rust fungus in the family Coleosporiaceae. It infects species in the Asteraceae family, such as those in genus ''Aster'' and ''Solidago'', as well as the needle pines ''Pinus contorta'' and '' P. banksiana''. It has been recor ...
'' parasite of ''Solidago gigantea
''Solidago gigantea'' is a North American plant species in the family Asteraceae. Its common names include tall goldenrod and giant goldenrod, among others.
Goldenrod is the state flower of Kentucky and of Nebraska.
Description
''Solidago gigan ...
''Coleosporium tussilaginis
''Coleosporium tussilaginis'' is a species of rust fungus in the family Coleosporiaceae. It is a plant pathogen.
It is known to infect ''Campanula rotundifolia'', on which it produces urediniospores and teliospores.
References
Fungal pl ...
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*''Coleosporium zanthoxyli
''Coleosporium'' is a genus of rust (fungus), rust fungi belonging to the family Coleosporiaceae. This diverse genus encompasses approximately 100 distinct species. The lifecycle of these fungi involves aecial stages, during which they parasitic, ...
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Range
Mostly the Northern Hemisphere
The Northern Hemisphere is the half of Earth that is north of the equator. For other planets in the Solar System, north is defined by humans as being in the same celestial sphere, celestial hemisphere relative to the invariable plane of the Solar ...
.
References
External links
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Pucciniales
Basidiomycota genera
Taxa named by Joseph-Henri Léveillé
Taxa described in 1847
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