🍄 Family

Cronartiaceae

3 species · Fungi

Fungi › Basidiomycota › Pucciniomycetes › Pucciniales › Cronartiaceae

Cronartium ribicola J.C.Fisch. is a rust fungus that causes white pine blister rust, favoring cool, moist conditions.

Cronartium quercuum, or pine-oak gall rust, is a fungus that causes disease in pines and oaks across the Americas, Caribbean, and Asia.

Western gall rust (pine-pine gall rust) is a pine fungal disease caused by Cronartium harknessii, forming galls that can kill young saplings.

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Pucciniaceae 22 species Coleosporiaceae 9 species Gymnosporangiaceae 5 species Phragmidiaceae 5 species Melampsoraceae 1 species Pileolariaceae 1 species Pucciniastraceae 1 species Raveneliaceae 1 species

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