Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Pucciniaceae | Genus: Gymnosporangium
Hosts: Juniperus scopulorum / Juniperus virginiana
Detachable: integral
Color: brown, orange
Texture: bumpy
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Location: stem
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Common Name(s): Cedar-apple rust
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Our ID Notes may contain important tips necessary for distinguishing this gall from similar galls and/or important information about the taxonomic status of this gall inducer.
Juniper > Trunk/Branches > Unusual growths on branches
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Cedar-apple rust
Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginiana
- Brown 1/4 to 1 inch round woody galls on twigs
- Bright orange, long tentacle like fungal structures emerge from galls in wet spring weather
- Needles and twigs beyond galls may die on branches with many galls or on Rocky Mountain juniper
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”- University of Minnesota Extension: (2024) Juniper > Trunk/Branches > Unusual growths on branches©
Reference: https://apps.extension.umn.edu/garden/diagnose/plant/evergreen/juniper/branchesgrowths.html
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