Fungi: Basidiomycota - rust fungus Phragmidium violaceum Violet Bramble Rust Photographs on Rubus fruticosus, Bramble Hosts: Aecia, uredinia and telia on Rubus spp. (but not Rubus idaeus) Telia transversely divided into 3-5 verrucose cells Similar: Phragmidium bulbosum: The telia transversely divided into 4-7 finely verrucose cells

Phragmidium violaceum
Wimborne, Dorset. September 2017