Gymnoconia nitens

Gymnoconia nitens
Gymnoconia nitens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Pucciniomycetes
Order: Pucciniales
Family: Phragmidiaceae
Genus: Gymnoconia
Species: G. nitens
Binomial name
Gymnoconia nitens
(Schwein.) F.Kern & Thurst. (1929)
Synonyms

Aecidium nitens Schwein. (1822)
Caeoma nitens (Schwein.) (1890)
Kunkelia nitens (Schwein.) Arthur (1917)

Gymnoconia nitens is a species of rust fungus in the Phragmidiaceae family. It is a plant pathogen, and causes orange rust on various berries. The species was originally described in 1822 by mycologist Lewis David de Schweinitz as Aecidium luminatum.[1]

References

  1. "Aecidium nitens Schwein. 1822". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2011-07-10.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 5/6/2014. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.