Orange Rust (nitens)
Gymnoconia nitens (Schweinitz) F. Kern & Thurston
Orange Rust (nitens): https://marylandbiodiversity.com/species/16324
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Description

Orange spore masses visible on undersides of leaves in May and June (J. Solem, pers. comm.).

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Forms on blackberry species (Rubus spp.).

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Gymnoconia nitens
Gymnoconia nitens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Pucciniomycetes
Order: Pucciniales
Family: Phragmidiaceae
Genus: Gymnoconia
Species:
G. nitens
Binomial name
Gymnoconia nitens
Synonyms

Aecidium nitens Schwein. (1822)
Caeoma nitens (Schwein.) (1890)
Kunkelia nitens (Schwein.) Arthur (1917)

Gymnoconia nitens is a species of rust fungus in the Phragmidiaceae family. It is a plant pathogen, and causes orange rust on various berries. The species was originally described in 1822 by mycologist Lewis David de Schweinitz as Aecidium luminatum.[1]

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  1. ^ "Aecidium nitens Schwein. 1822". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2011-07-10.
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