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Pacific Coast pear rust
"Gymnosporangium libocedri" on serviceberry fruits
Gymnosporangium libocedri on serviceberry fruits
Scientific classification
Genus:
Gymnosporangium
Species:
libocedri
Incense Cedar Broom Rust (34026216400)
Gymnosporangium libocedri on incense cedar (Calocedrus decurrens)

Gymnosporangium libocedri, the Pacific Coast pear rust, is a plant pathogen and rust fungus. 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.

Incense Cedar Broom Rust (39963020330)
'brooming' on Calocedrus decurrens
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