Virtual Herbarium

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Melampsorella caryophyllacearum (DC.) J. Schröt.

	A big canker in the leader has reduced the growth of the tree.
	An old canker in the stem. The tree has been able to resist the attack, but this section of the tree cannot be used for timber.
	A similar canker, some years before.
	Witch's-brooms caused by the fungus.
	Witch's-broom detail.
	Young witch's broom still with needles.
	Infected shoot with aecia in the needles.
	Detail of needles with aecia.

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This web page (http://labpatfor.udl.es/herbariovirtual/mellampsorella2.html) has been created by:

Carlos Colinas
Vegetal Production and Forest Science Department
University of Lleida

Last update: November 14th, 2004.