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VIRTUAL MUSEUM OF CAMPUS BIODIVERSITY

 

Apart from the lichenized fungi, an unknown number of fungal species occur on campus, including:


DIVISION ASCOMYCOTA, CLASS DOTHIDEOMYCETES, ORDER PLEOSPORALES, FAMILY VENTURIACEAE

Blackleaf (Apiosporina collinsii)

Photo: Ian Walker
Location: Creating witches' brooms at the base of Saskatoon bushes growing in the woodlands north of the campus residences, UBC Okanagan (22 May 2019)


DIVISION BASIDIOMYCOTA, CLASS AGARICOMYCETES, ORDER AGARICALES, FAMILY CORTINARIACEAE

Cortinarius sp.

Photo: Ian Walker
Location: Woodlands north of the campus residences, UBC Okanagan (3 May 2019)
Identification: Courtesy of Dan Durall


DIVISION BASIDIOMYCOTA, CLASS AGARICOMYCETES, FAMILY GEASTRACEAE or DIPLOCYSTACEAE

Earthstar (Astraeus or Geastrum sp.)

Photo: Ian Walker
Location: UBC Okanagan woodlands close to the Quail Ridge Golf Course (9 June 2018)


DIVISION BASIDIOMYCOTA, CLASS UREDINIOMYCETES, ORDER UREDINALES, FAMILY CRONARTIACEAE

Western Gall Rust (Endocronartium harknessii)

Photo: Ian Walker
Location: On lodgepole pine at southwest corner of Arts building, UBC Okanagan (7 May 2019)


DIVISION BASIDIOMYCOTA, CLASS UREDINIOMYCETES, ORDER UREDINALES, FAMILY PUCCINIACEAE

Rockcress Rust (Puccinia monoica)

Photo: Ian Walker
Location: Producing pseudoflowers on infected rockcress (Boechera retrofracta) in the woodlands north of the campus residences, UBC Okanagan (4 March 2016)