Chrysomyxa cassandrae

Chrysomyxa cassandrae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Pucciniomycetes
Order: Pucciniales
Family: Coleosporiaceae
Genus: Chrysomyxa
Species: C. cassandrae
Binomial name
Chrysomyxa cassandrae
Tranzschel

Chrysomyxa cassandrae Tranzschel is a fungus that occurs throughout the North Temperate Zone wherever Chamaedaphne calyculata (L.) Moench occurs, independent of host alternation. Aecial hosts include 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.
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