Aecidium magellanicum
| Aecidium magellanicum | |
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| Calafate rust growing on the shrub Beriberis microphylla in Chile. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Pucciniomycetes |
| Order: | Pucciniales |
| Family: | Incertae sedis |
| Genus: | Aecidium |
| Species: | A. magellanicum |
| Binomial name | |
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Aecidium magellanicum Berk. (1847) |
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Aecidium magellanicum, commonly known as the calafate rust, is a species of rust fungi. This fungus can cause a growth defect known as a witches broom, an excessive growth of stems from a single point on a branch. The species is known to infect the evergreen shrub Berberis buxifolia in Argentina and Chile.
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