Meaning | Any of various fungi causing rust disease in plants. |
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Synonym | rust |
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Member of | Uredinales, order Uredinales | rust fungi |
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Parts | aeciospore | spore of a rust fungus formed in an aecium |
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aecium | fruiting body of some rust fungi bearing chains of aeciospores |
Narrower | apple rust, cedar-apple rust, Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae | rust fungus causing rust spots on apples and pears etc |
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blister rust, Cronartium ribicola | fungus causing white pine blister rust and having a complex life cycle requiring a plant of genus Ribes as alternate host |
flax rust, flax rust fungus, Melampsora lini | fungus causing flax rust |
wheat rust, Puccinia graminis | rust fungus that attacks wheat |
Broader | fungus | An organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter |
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Spanish | herrumbre |
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Catalan | rovell |
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