Gymnosporangium libocedri

Gymnosporangium libocedri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Basidiomycota
Class: Urediniomycetes
Subclass: Incertae sedis
Order: Uredinales
Family: Pucciniaceae
Genus: Gymnosporangium
Species: G. libocedri
Binomial name
Gymnosporangium libocedri
(Henn.) F. Kern (1908)

Gymnosporangium libocedri (Pacific Coast Pear Rust) is a plant pathogen. 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.

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