Cronartium quercuum | |
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Cronartium quercuum | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Pucciniomycetes |
Order: | Pucciniales |
Family: | Cronartiaceae |
Genus: | Cronartium |
Species: | C. quercuum
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Binomial name | |
Cronartium quercuum (Berk.) Miyabe ex Shirai
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Cronartium quercuum, also known as pine-oak gall rust is a fungal disease of pine (Pinus spp.) and oak (Quercus spp.) trees. Similar to pine-pine gall rust, this disease is found on pine trees but its second host is an oak tree rather than another pine.