''Chrysomyxa succinea'' is a species of
rust fungus in the family
Coleosporiaceae
The Coleosporiaceae are a family of rust fungi in the order Pucciniales. The family contains 6 genera and 131 species
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which was introduced to
Japan
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where it feeds on ''
Rhododendron dilatatum''. The species were recorded from mountains such as
Fuji Gotenniwa,
Fuji Oniwa and the
Yatsugatake Mountains.
References
Fungal plant pathogens and diseases
Fungi described in 1880
succinea
''Succinea'', common name the amber snails, is a large genus of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Succineidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Succinea Draparnaud, 1801. Access ...
Fungus species
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