Mulberry (Morus, Moraceae) is shrubs or trees consisting of about 10 species, and mainly distributed in temperate regions of Asia and North America (Nepal & Ferguson, 2012). The leaves of these plants are used as foods for silkworm larvae. Some species are also cultivated for productions of edible fruits. Specimens of a rust fungus occurred on shoots and leaves of Morus alba L. (common mulberry or silkworm mulberry) were collected in the fields of Ibaraki and Saitama Prefectures, Japan in early summer of 2021 and 2023 (Fig. 1A). Morphological observations were made for the identification of this rust fungus using light microscopy and scanning electron microscopy by the same methods reported by Uzuhashi et al. (2022). Spermogonia were not found on specimens. Sori surrounded with fragile and short peridia (Fig. 1B, D, E) were amphigenous, densely formed, rounded to elliptical and cupulate. Peridial cells were loosely conjunct and their inner walls were verrucose. Spores (Fig. 1C, F) were catenulate, angularly globose to ellipsoid and 11.5-20 × 8-15.5 μm (avg. 16 × 12 µm; n = 50) in size. Their walls were hyaline, verrucose and 1-1.5 μm thick.Five species of rust fungi, Phakopsora fici-erectae S. Ito & Y. Otani ex S. Ito & Muray., Cerotelium fici (Castagne) Arthur, Aecidium mori (Barclay) Barclay (≡ Caeoma mori Barclay), Uredo moricola Henn. and U. morifolia Sawada have been reported on species of Morus in Japan (Hiratsuka et al., 1992;Ito, 1950). Among them sorus structures of P. fici-erectae, C. fici, U. moricola and U. morifolia are different from the rust fungus collected on M. alba in Ibaraki and Saitama Prefectures. Namely, P. fici-erectae and C. fici has peripheral paraphyses in sori and two Uredo species have no peridium in their sori. Sorus structures of this rust fungus having fragile peridia is identical with descriptions of A. mori (Hiratsuka et al., 1992;Ito, 1950;Mordue, 1991). The morphology and size of spores are also similar to those of its descriptions. Therefore, the present rust fungus on M. alba is identified as A. mori. Specimens used in this observation were deposited in the Mycological Herbarium of the Department of Botany, National Museum of Nature and Science, Tsukuba, Japan (TNS).Caeoma mori was originally described as a rust fungus on mulberry in 1890 by Barclay. Although this species was recorded as Uredo mori (Barclay) Sacc. in 1891 by Saccardo, Barclay (1891) treated this species as same species as A. mori, described by himself, because of the presence of peridia in the sori. Aecidium mori has been widely recorded on many species of Morus and Broussonetia (Moraceae) in Asia (Hiratsuka et al., 1992;Ito, 1950;Mordue, 1991;Tai, 1979). Sori and spores of this species are morphologically as same as Aecidium-type by Cummins and Hiratsuka (1983) because of catenulate spores and presence of peridia. Therefore, spores are morphologically categorized as aeciospores which are usually produced after spermogonial formation and produce uredinia after their infections to plants. However, no spermogon...