rust fungus

1. Any of various fungi causing rust disease in plants (synset 113084029)
   is a type of: fungus - an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia
   subtypes:

   • flax rust, flax rust fungus, melampsora lini - fungus causing flax rust
   • 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
   • puccinia graminis, wheat rust - rust fungus that attacks wheat
   • apple rust, cedar-apple rust, gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae - rust fungus causing rust spots on apples and pears etc
   belongs to: order uredinales, uredinales - rust fungi: parasitic fungi causing rust in plants; sometimes placed in
   has:

   • aecium - fruiting body of some rust fungi bearing chains of aeciospores
   • aeciospore - spore of a rust fungus formed in an aecium
   same as: rust

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