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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