AY Honors/Fungi/Rust infection

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This article is about the fungus. For the corrosion process, see rust. Template:Taxobox begin Template:Taxobox image Template:Taxobox begin placement Template:Taxobox regnum entry Template:Taxobox divisio entry Template:Taxobox classis entry Template:Taxobox ordo entry Template:Taxobox end placement Template:Taxobox section subdivision Pucciniaceae
Melampsoraceae
Coleosporiaceae
Cronartiaceae
Phragmidiaceae
Pucciniastraceae Template:Taxobox end Rusts are fungi of the order Uredinales. Many of these species are plant parasites. Some are superficially similar to the smuts, although their relation to each other is not clear. The taxonomy of Urediniomycota, as a whole, is in a state of flux.

Many of the rusts have two or more hosts (heteroecious) and up to five spore stages. Among them are Gymnosporangium, the juniper-apple and juniper-hawthorn rusts.

The group received its common name from the fact that some species have a reddish spore stage, which resembles the corrosion process known as rust.

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nl:roesten