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Cedar-apple Rust Galls

Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae

Photo by Christine Y.
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Field Notes

Description:

This is a plant pathogen that causes cedar-apple rust. On Eastern Red Cedar hosts, the fungus produces galls with small, circular depressions.

Habitat:

Growing on host trees along a nature path at Meigs Point at Hammonnasset Beach State Park.

Reference Links:

Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae - Wikipedia

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Mark Ridgway
This (and the host) looks very much like https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gymnosporangium_juniperi-virginianae,_Maryland,_Upper_Marlboro_2013-02-19-14.57.31_ZS_PMax_(8498538511).jpg

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