Chrysomyxa reticulata

Chrysomyxa reticulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Pucciniomycetes
Order: Pucciniales
Family: Coleosporiaceae
Genus: Chrysomyxa
Species: C. reticulata
Binomial name
Chrysomyxa reticulata
P.E.Crane


Chrysomyxa reticulata has been found on Ledum decumbens (Ait.) Lodd. ex Steud. and Ledum groenlandicum Oeder in both eastern (Nova Scotia) and western (Alberta, British Columbia) Canada, as well as Wisconsin, Washington, and California, in the United States, but the aecia are so far known only from artificial inoculation of white spruce (Crane 2001).[1]

References

  1. Crane, P.E. 2001. Morphology, taxonomy, and nomenclature of the Chrysomyxa ledi complex and related rust fungi on spruce and Ericaceae in North America and Europe. Can. J. Bot. 79:957–982.