| Gymnoconia nitens | |
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| Gymnoconia nitens | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Pucciniomycetes |
| Order: | Pucciniales |
| Family: | Phragmidiaceae |
| Genus: | Gymnoconia |
| Species: | G. nitens |
| Binomial name | |
| Gymnoconia nitens (Schwein.) F.Kern & Thurst. (1929) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Aecidium nitens Schwein. (1822) |
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Gymnoconia nitens is a species of rust fungus in the Phragmidiaceae family. It is a plant pathogen, and causes orange rust on various berries. The species was originally described in 1822 by mycologist Lewis David de Schweinitz as Aecidium luminatum.[1]