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blister rust

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Noun

fungus causing white pine blister rust and having a complex life cycle requiring a plant of genus Ribes as alternate host

any of several diseases of pines caused by rust fungi of the genus Cronartium and marked by destructive invasion of bark and sapwood and producing blisters externally

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Synonyms:
Cronartium ribicola white-pine rust white pine blister rust

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