Chrysomyxa ledicola

Chrysomyxa ledicola
Chrysomyxa ledicola as "orange goo" in Kivalina, Alaska
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Pucciniomycetes
Order: Pucciniales
Family: Coleosporiaceae
Genus: Chrysomyxa
Species: C. ledicola
Binomial name
Chrysomyxa ledicola
Lagerh. (1893)

Chrysomyxa ledicola is a plant pathogen responsible for the disease Large-Spored Spruce-Labrador Tea Rust. It affects white spruce, black spruce, Sitka spruce, Englemann spruce, and Labrador-tea.[1] It is also the cause of the orange goo that covered the Inupiat village of Kivalina, Alaska in the summer of 2011.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "CTD — Conifer Rust Fungi: Large-Spored Spruce-Labrador Tea Rust". Common Tree Diseases of British Columbia. British Columbia: Canadian Forest Service. 30 December 2011. Retrieved 7 March 2012. The aecial hosts of Chrysomyxa ledicola in B.C. include white, black, Sitka, and Englemann spruce. The telial hosts are Labrador-tea and northern Labrador-tea.
  2. ↑ "Alaska "Orange Goo" Rust Spores Confirmed". NCCOS News. National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science. 9 February 2012. Retrieved 7 March 2012. An “orange goo” covered the Inupiat village of Kivalina, Alaska last summer. Six months later the substance was confirmed by forestry experts at the USDA Forest Service and the Canadian Forest Service to be rust fungi uredospores of Chrysomyxa ledicola.

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