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Unnamed spotting

Description:

Several orange sea anemone-like structures in pine tree. Most needle and branch attachments also showing orange “blobs.”

Habitat:

Suburban landscaping.

1 Species ID Suggestions

Cedar-Apple Rust kool
Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae Creepy, orange fungus attacking junipers - MSU Extension


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4 Comments

Leuba Ridgway
Leuba Ridgway 3 years ago

Amazing ! Thanks for sharing this. Good we have an ID.

Neil Ross
Neil Ross 3 years ago

What an amazing organism! I had no idea such things existed. Thanks for sharing :)

David Schoenknecht
David Schoenknecht 3 years ago

Ok so it’s this: “Cedar-apple rust is the common name for the disease caused by the fungus Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae.” Fascinating stuff! https://www.canr.msu.edu/news/creepy_ora...

David Schoenknecht
David Schoenknecht 3 years ago

Is it a fungus of some kind?

bandole39
Spotted by
bandole39

Elgin, Illinois, USA

Spotted on May 14, 2020
Submitted on May 14, 2020

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