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Chrysomyxa ledi var. rhododendri

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Kingdom
  
Fungi

Family
  
Rank
  
Species

Division
  
Basidiomycota

Order
  
Pucciniales

Genus
  
Chrysomyxa ledi var. rhododendri rust Chrysomyxa ledi var rhododendri Uredinales Coleosporiaceae

Scientific name
  
Chrysomyxa ledi var. rhododendri

Similar
  
Chrysomyxa, Norway spruce, Stephanitis, Chrysomyxa ledi, Pucciniastrum

Chrysomyxa ledi var. rhododendri is a plant pathogen responsible for the disease spruce needle rust.

It is present in European mountains, and especially in Switzerland in Grisons and Ticino between 1,000 and 2,000 metres.

The spores of the fungus hibernate on Rhododendron species. In spring and summer, it migrates to spruce and infects recently emerged needles, coloring them in yellow. In autumn, the spores that developed on spruce infects the rhododendron again.

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Chrysomyxa ledi var. rhododendri Wikipedia