SCIENTIFIC NAME: PUCCINIA SMYRNII
VERNACULAR NAME: ALEXANDERS RUST

Fig 1
DESCRIPTION

1 - 4cm in diameter.  Clusters of orange growths can be quite numerous and form extensive patches easily noticed by the untrained eye.

SPORES Reticulate, warted or a combination of both. (Link)
HABITAT On Alexander leaves.
SEASON Common. May to July.

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