🍄 Family

Gymnosporangiaceae

5 species · Fungi

Fungi › Basidiomycota › Pucciniomycetes › Pucciniales › Gymnosporangiaceae

Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae is a plant pathogen that causes cedar-apple rust, most often infecting Malus and Juniperus virginiana.

Gymnosporangium clavipes is a fungal plant pathogen that causes cedar-quince rust, needing two alternating host types to complete its life cycle.

Gymnosporangium globosum is a fungal pathogen that causes cedar-hawthorn rust, requiring two hosts within 1–2 miles to complete its life cycle.

Gymnosporangium sabinae is a heteroecious rust fungus that causes damaging pear rust disease on pear plants.

Gymnosporangium clavariiforme is an alternating-host rust fungus that harms hawthorn fruit yield but does not seriously damage junipers.

Related Families

Pucciniaceae 22 species Coleosporiaceae 9 species Phragmidiaceae 5 species Cronartiaceae 3 species Melampsoraceae 1 species Pileolariaceae 1 species Pucciniastraceae 1 species Raveneliaceae 1 species

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