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Melampsora caprearum

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Melampsora caprearum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Pucciniomycetes
Order: Pucciniales
Family: Melampsoraceae
Genus: Melampsora
Species:
M. caprearum
Binomial name
Melampsora caprearum
Thüm. 1879
Synonyms

Melampsora laricis-caprearum Klebahn, 1897

Melampsora caprearum is a fungal pathogen which causes galls on willows (Salix species). Also known as a rust fungus, it was first described by Felix von Thümen in 1879.

Description

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Melampsora caprearum distorts the blades and veins of willow leaves, causing irregular spots with yellow-orange uredinia (which produce a powdery mass of spores). The rust has been found on eared willow (Salix aurita), goat willow (S. caprea), grey willow (S. cinerea) and their hybrids.[1][2]

Distribution

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Has been recorded from Belgium (photo), Finland, Great Britain (common) and Poland.[1][2][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Redfern, Margaret; Shirley, Peter; Boxham, Michael (2011). British Plant Galls (Second ed.). Shrewsbury: Field Study Council. pp. 282–299. ISBN 978-185153-284-1.
  2. ^ a b Ellis, W N. "Melampsora caprearum Thümen 1879". Plant Parasites of Europe. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  3. ^ "Category:Melampsora caprearum". Wikimedia Commons. Retrieved 29 December 2017.