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Cronartium ribicola

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Cronartium ribicola

[krə¦närd·ē·əm ‚rib·i′kō·lə]
(mycology)
A heteroecious rust fungus that causes white pine blister rust; it produces pycnia and aecia on pine stems, and uredinia and telia on currants and gooseberries.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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1892 The white pine blister rust (Cronartium ribicola) is introduced from Europe in infected nursery stock.
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