Re: dried apricots on juniper
- To: M*@ucdavis.edu
- Subject: Re: dried apricots on juniper
- From: R* F* D*
- Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2000 21:36:32 -0500 (EST)
At 04:28 PM 3/24/2000 +0100, you wrote:
>Thanks Beverly, Chris and others. It is a lot like this picture of
>Cedar-Apple Rust (Gymnosporangium). A fungus.
>http://www.msue.msu.edu/imp/mod03/visuals/caprst11.jpg
>Actually, its not *quite* like that as there is no visible gall
>underneath the fruiting bodies on mine. Maybe its just small and not
>obvious - presumably a local species. Being no fungus freak I'm happy to
>leave it at that.
>
>Damian
I'll sacond that. When I was a teenager in Massachusetts, my parents had
both sickly apple trees and Juniperus species near one another, and I
remember seeing these growths on the latter. As I recall, there was often a
dark purple center. These alternate host fungi do more damage to apple trees.
Richard F. Dufresne
313 Spur Road
Greensboro, North Carolina 27406 USA
336-674-3105
