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Crown Rust

Puccinia coronata

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 294, February 217, March 340, April 535, May 772, June 842, July 901, August 775, September 569, October 425, November 232, December 181.
United States11,002
Alaska6,083
Canada1,687
Ontario1,274
New York517
Illinois491
Michigan462
Wisconsin376
Germany288
Russia268

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Human edibleListed as edible by a harvested source. This is a research trait, not foraging advice.FungiTastic metadata
  • Plant pathogenDescends from a fungal lineage whose members commonly parasitize or infect plants.Inferred from its group
  • ParasiteDescends from a lineage whose members commonly live parasitically on another organism.Inferred from its group

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Classification

KingdomFungi Including Lichens · Fungi
PhylumBasidiomycete Fungi · Basidiomycota
ClassPucciniomycetes
Orderrust fungi · Pucciniales
FamilyPucciniaceae
GenusOrange-Yellow Rusts · Puccinia

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