List of Puccinia species

This is a list of the fungus species in the genus Puccinia. Members of this genus are pathogens on all major cereal crop species except rice, and some cause large economic losses. According to the Dictionary of the Fungi (10th edition, 2008), the widespread genus contains about 4000 species.[1] There were an estiamated 3300 species as accepted by Wijayawardene et al. 2020.[2]

Puccinia poae-nemoralis growing on the grass Poa pratensis

As of 2023 August 17, the GBIF lists up to 3,259 species,[3] while Species Fungorum lists about 3251 species (with many former species).[4] The Encyclopedia of Life lists 3,192 species.[5] This list is based on the Species Fungorum list in 2023.[4]