Aecidium magellanicum
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Aecidium magellanicum, commonly known as the calafate rust, is a species of rust fungi. This fungus can cause a growth defect known as a witches broom, an excessive growth of stems from a single point on a branch. The species is known to infect the evergreen shrub Berberis buxifolia in Argentina and Chile.[1]
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Aecidium magellanicum | |
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Calafate rust growing on the shrub Beriberis microphylla in Chile. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Pucciniomycetes |
Order: | Pucciniales |
Family: | incertae sedis |
Genus: | Aecidium |
Species: | A. magellanicum |
Binomial name | |
Aecidium magellanicum Berk. (1847) | |
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