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Pear Rust

Gymnosporangium sabinae

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 138, February 102, March 159, April 251, May 362, June 394, July 422, August 363, September 266, October 199, November 109, December 85.
United States4,127
Alaska2,849
New York375
New Jersey267
Germany249
United Kingdom246
Canada245
England236
Ontario173
Russia147

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

Edibility, toxicity and medicinal traits are records from datasets, not advice. Never eat, handle or use a wild species on the strength of an app.

Classification

KingdomFungi Including Lichens · Fungi
PhylumBasidiomycete Fungi · Basidiomycota
ClassPucciniomycetes
Orderrust fungi · Pucciniales
FamilyGymnosporangiaceae
Genuscedar rusts · Gymnosporangium

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Sources

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Practise Pear Rust with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.