rust_fungus (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *rust fungus*:
NOUN	plant	rust fungus, rust	any of various fungi causing rust disease in plants

English > *rust fungus*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	Any of various fungi causing rust disease in plants.
Synonym	rust
Member of	Uredinales, order Uredinales	rust fungi
Parts	aeciospore	spore of a rust fungus formed in an aecium
Parts	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
	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
Spanish	herrumbre
Catalan	rovell

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