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Cedar-apple rust

Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae

Notes:

"..where apples or crabapples (Malus) and Eastern red-cedar (Juniperus virginiana) coexist, cedar apple rust can be a destructive or disfiguring disease on both the apples and cedars." - wiki

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Cedar-apple Rust
Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae


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4 Comments

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 9 years ago

(updated record)

srmoore
srmoore 9 years ago

Thank you very much for the information!

ForestDragon
ForestDragon 9 years ago

Great find! This is a type of fungus that affects apple and cedar trees. This spotting should be placed in the Fungi category. :-)

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srmoore
Spotted by
srmoore

Alabama, USA

Spotted on Apr 7, 2015
Submitted on Apr 7, 2015

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