Cronartiaceae

The Cronartiaceae are a family of rust fungi in the order Uredinales.

Cronartiaceae
Cronartium ribicola on Western White Pine
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Pucciniomycetes
Order:	Pucciniales
Family:	Cronartiaceae Dietel (1900)
Type genus
Cronartium Fr. (1815)
Genera
Cronartium Endocronartium Peridermium

They are heteroecious rusts with two alternating hosts, typically a pine and a flowering plant, and up to five spore stages. Many of the species are plant diseases of major economic importance, causing significant damage and (in some cases) heavy mortality in conifers.

References

• Hiratsuka, Y. et al. (1991). Rusts of pine. Proceedings of the IUFRO Rusts of Pine Working Party Conference. Forestry Canada Information Report NOR-X-317.

External links

• Forestry Images: photos of some Cronartiaceae rusts