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Chrysomyxa

Chrysomyxa is a genus of rust fungi in the family Coleosporiaceae. The genus, widespread in the Northern Hemisphere, contains about 23 species. Rust fungi in the genus Chrysomyxa occur in boreal forests of the northern hemisphere on Pinaceae,, and most species alternate to angiosperm hosts in the Ericaceae.

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Chrysomyxa
Chrysomyxa rhododendri on Norway spruce
Chrysomyxa rhododendri on Norway spruce
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Pucciniomycetes
Order: Pucciniales
Family: Coleosporiaceae
Genus: Chrysomyxa
Unger (1840)
Type species
Chrysomyxa abietis
(Wallr.) Unger (1840)
Species

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Synonyms

Chrysomyxa is a genus of rust fungi in the family Coleosporiaceae. The genus, widespread in the Northern Hemisphere, contains about 23 species.1 Rust fungi in the genus Chrysomyxa occur in boreal forests of the northern hemisphere on Pinaceae, (mostly Picea), and most species alternate to angiosperm hosts in the Ericaceae.2

Species

As accepted by Species Fungorum;3

  • Chrysomyxa abietis (Wallr.) Unger (1840)
  • Chrysomyxa arctostaphyli Dietel (1894)
  • Chrysomyxa bombacis Petch (1917)
  • Chrysomyxa butleri Syd. & P. Syd. (1912)
  • Chrysomyxa cassandrae (Gobi) Tranzschel (1893)
  • Chrysomyxa chiogenis Dietel (1894)
  • Chrysomyxa deformans (Dietel) Jacz. (1926)
  • Chrysomyxa diebuensis C.J. You & J. Cao (2017)4
  • Chrysomyxa dietelii Syd. & P. Syd. (1907)
  • Chrysomyxa empetri (Pers.) J. Schröt. (1887)
  • Chrysomyxa empetri J. Schröt. ex Cummins (1956)
  • Chrysomyxa himalensis Barclay (1890)
  • Chrysomyxa ilicina (Ellis & Everh.) Arthur (1934)
  • Chrysomyxa jinghongensis P. Zhao & L. Cai (2021)
  • Chrysomyxa keteleeriae (F.L. Tai) Y.C. Wang & R.S. Peterson (1982)
  • Chrysomyxa komarovii Tranzschel (1939)
  • Chrysomyxa ledi (Alb. & Schwein.) de Bary (1879)
  • Chrysomyxa ledicola (Peck) Lagerh. (1894)
  • Chrysomyxa menziesiae Dietel (1903)
  • Chrysomyxa nagodhii P.E. Crane (2001)
  • Chrysomyxa neoglandulosi P.E. Crane (2001)
  • Chrysomyxa perlaria B. Li (1987)
  • Chrysomyxa piperiana (Arthur) Sacc. & Trotter (1912)
  • Chrysomyxa purpurea (C.J. You & J. Cao) P. Zhao & L. Cai (2021)
  • Chrysomyxa qilianensis Y.C. Wang, X.B. Wu & B. Li (1987)
  • Chrysomyxa reticulata P.E. Crane (2001)
  • Chrysomyxa rhododendri (DC.) de Bary (1879)
  • Chrysomyxa rhododendri-capitati (Z.M. Cao & Z.Qi Li) C.J. You & C.M. Tian (2019)
  • Chrysomyxa roanensis (Arthur) Arthur (1934)
  • Chrysomyxa spinulospora (P.E. Crane) C.J. You & C.M. Tian (2019)
  • Chrysomyxa stilbae Y.Z. Wang, M.M. Chen & L. Guo (1980)
  • Chrysomyxa succinea (Sacc.) Tranzschel (1939)
  • Chrysomyxa taghishae Balf.-Browne (1955)
  • Chrysomyxa taihaensis Hirats. f. & Hashioka (1935)
  • Chrysomyxa tsugae-yunnanensis Teng (1947)
  • Chrysomyxa tsukubaensis (P.E. Crane, Yamaoka, Engkhan. & Kakish.) C.J. You & C.M. Tian (2019)
  • Chrysomyxa vaccinii (Ziller) P.E. Crane (2001)
  • Chrysomyxa vitis E.J. Butler (1912)
  • Chrysomyxa woroninii Tranzschel (1903)
  • Chrysomyxa yunnanensis (P.E. Crane) C.J. You & C.M. Tian (2019)

Former species;3

  • C. albida J.G. Kühn (1883) = Kuehneola uredinis, Phragmidiaceae
  • C. aliena Syd., P. Syd. & E.J. Butler (1912) = Phragmidiella aliena, Phakopsoraceae
  • C. alpina Hirats. f. (1929) = Chrysomyxa succinea
  • C. bambusae Teng (1938) = Kweilingia bambusae, Phakopsoraceae
  • C. dumeticola (P.E. Crane) C.J. You & C.M. Tian (2019) = Uredo dumeticola, Pucciniaceae
  • C. expansa Dietel (1900) = Chrysomyxa succinea
  • C. farlowii (Arthur) Sacc. & Traverso (1910) = Melampsora farlowii, Melampsoraceae
  • C. ledi var. cassandrae (Peck & Clinton) Savile (1950) = Chrysomyxa cassandrae
  • C. ledi var. rhododendri (DC.) Savile (1950) = Chrysomyxa rhododendri
  • C. ledi var. vaccinii Ziller (1955) = Chrysomyxa vaccinii
  • C. monesis Ziller (1954) = Rossmanomyces monesis, Coleosporiaceae
  • C. peregrina Syd., P. Syd. & E.J. Butler (1912) = Cerotelium peregrinum, Phakopsoraceae
  • C. piceae Barclay (1891) = Ceropsora piceae, Coleosporiaceae
  • C. pyrolae Rostr. (1881) = Rossmanomyces pyrolae, Coleosporiaceae
  • C. pyrolae var. pyrolata (Schwein.) Jørst. (1935) = Rossmanomyces pyrolae, Coleosporiaceae
  • C. pyrolata (Körn.) G. Winter (1881) = Rossmanomyces pyrolae, Coleosporiaceae
  • C. ramischiae Lagerh. (1909) = Rossmanomyces ramischiae, Coleosporiaceae
  • C. simplex (Dietel) Thirum. (1961) = Coleopucciniella simplex, Pucciniaceae
  • C. tsugae Hirats. f. (1937) = Hiratsukaia tsugae, Coleosporiaceae
  • C. tsugae Teng (1940) = Chrysomyxa tsugae-yunnanensis
  • C. urediniformis Müll. Hal. (1886) = Mainsia urediniformis, Phragmidiaceae
  • C. weirii H.S. Jacks. (1917) = Ceropsora weirii, Coleosporiaceae
  • C. zhuoniensis C.J. You & J. Cao (2017)4 = Chrysomyxa succinea
References

References

  1. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. pp. 140–1. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  2. Crane, P.E. 2001. Morphology, taxonomy, and nomenclature of the Chrysomyxa ledi complex and related rust fungi on spruce and Ericaceae in North America and Europe. Can. J. Bot. 79:957–982.
  3. "Species Fungorum - Search Page - Chrysomyxa". www.speciesfungorum.org. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  4. Cao, Jing; Tian, Chengming; Liang, Yingmei; You, Chongjuan (2017). "Two new Chrysomyxa rust species on the endemic plant, Picea asperata in western China, and expanded description of C. succinea". Phytotaxa. 292 (3): 218–230. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.292.3.2. ISSN 1179-3163.