Pucciniastrum
Pucciniastrum is a genus of Basidiomycota fungi. Pucciniastrum species, like all rust fungi, are obligate plant parasites.
The genus name of Pucciniastrum is in honour of Tommaso Puccini, who was an Italian doctor and botanist who taught anatomy at Hospital of Santa Maria Nuova in Florence.
The genus was circumscribed by Gustav Heinrich Otth in Mitt. Naturf. Ges. Bern 476-479: 61, 71–75, 80–81, 84,
87 in 1861.
Species
As accepted by Species Fungorum; Pucciniastrum aceris Pucciniastrum actinidiae Pucciniastrum agrimoniae Pucciniastrum alaskanum Pucciniastrum areolatum Pucciniastrum asterum Pucciniastrum beringianum Pucciniastrum boehmeriae Pucciniastrum brachybotrydis Pucciniastrum castaneae Pucciniastrum celastri Pucciniastrum circaeae Pucciniastrum clemensiae Pucciniastrum corchoropsidis Pucciniastrum coriariae Pucciniastrum corni Pucciniastrum coronisporum Pucciniastrum coryli Pucciniastrum crawfurdiae Pucciniastrum crawfurdiae-japonicae Pucciniastrum enkianthi Pucciniastrum epilobii Pucciniastrum epilobii-dodonaei Pucciniastrum fagi Pucciniastrum fuchsiae Pucciniastrum gaultheriae Pucciniastrum gentianae Pucciniastrum goodyerae Pucciniastrum guttatum Pucciniastrum hakkodense Pucciniastrum hikosanense Pucciniastrum hydrangeae Pucciniastrum hydrangeae-petiolaris Pucciniastrum ishikariense Pucciniastrum ishiuchii Pucciniastrum kusanoi Pucciniastrum magnisporum Pucciniastrum malloti Pucciniastrum menziesiae Pucciniastrum mussaendae Pucciniastrum myosotidii Pucciniastrum nipponicum Pucciniastrum pseudocerasi Pucciniastrum pyrolae Pucciniastrum rubiae Pucciniastrum sparsum Pucciniastrum stachyuri Pucciniastrum symphyti Pucciniastrum tripetaleiae Pucciniastrum verruculosum Pucciniastrum wikstroemiae- ''Pucciniastrum yoshinagae''