White Pine Blister Rust
White Pine Blister Rust general information
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Gall Rusts
Pine-Pine Gall Rust (also called Western Gall Rust) - Cronartium (old names = Peridermium and Endocronartium) harknessii
Mutiple galls on pine.
Stem Rusts
Comandra Rust - Cronartium comandrae
Comandra rust canker on the main stem of pine.
Gymnosporangium Rust
Leaf Rusts of Hardwoods and Needle Rusts of Conifers
Leaf Rusts
Leaf Rusts of Hardwoods and Needle Rusts of Conifers
Poplar Leaf Rust -Melampsora medusa
Fir Broom Rust
Leaf Rusts of Hardwoods and Needle Rusts of Conifers
Juniper Broom Rust - Gymnosporangium nidus-avis
Juniper with witches' broom.
General information on wood destroying basidiomycetes
Wood Decay Fungi Biology
Section of a gill showing basidia and basidiospores on gill surfaces
Families of Basidiomycetes
Wood Decay Fungi
Using Frisian common names- These names are based on macroscopic structures and helps put these fungi into very general categories. Newer names based on microscopic and genetic characterisitics exist for many of these fungi. The identification below is used to just explore the general diversity of these fungi. Once this is known you can find the newer names more easily in various guidebooks.
Families of Basidiomycota