Gymnosporangium libocedri

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Gymnosporangium libocedri
"Gymnosporangium libocedri" on serviceberry fruits
Gymnosporangium libocedri on serviceberry fruits
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Pucciniomycetes
Order: Pucciniales
Family: Gymnosporangiaceae
Genus: Gymnosporangium
Species:
G. libocedri
Binomial name
Gymnosporangium libocedri
(Henn.) F. Kern (1908)
File:Incense Cedar Broom Rust (34026216400).jpg
Gymnosporangium libocedri on incense cedar (Calocedrus decurrens)

Gymnosporangium libocedri, the Pacific Coast pear rust, is a plant pathogen and rust fungus.[1] It produces orange gelatinous growths (telia) on incense cedar in the spring. Its secondary hosts include apple, crabapple, hawthorn, mountain ash, pear, quince, and serviceberry.

File:Incense Cedar Broom Rust (39963020330).jpg
'brooming' on Calocedrus decurrens

References

  1. "Gymnosporangium libocedri. [Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria]". Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria. doi:10.1079/dfb/20056400548. Retrieved 2022-11-27.
File:Incense Cedar Rust, Gymnosporangium libocedri (16830003900).jpg
Close up on Calocedrus decurrens

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