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.
| Gymnosporangium libocedri | |
|---|---|
| |
| Gymnosporangium libocedri on serviceberry fruits | |
Scientific 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)
| |
.jpg)
.jpg)
References
edit- ^ "Gymnosporangium libocedri. [Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria]". Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria. doi:10.1079/dfb/20056400548. Retrieved 2022-11-27.
.jpg)
External links
edit
 | This Basidiomycota-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |