Melampsora caprearum
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| Melampsora caprearum | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Pucciniomycetes |
| Order: | Pucciniales |
| Family: | Melampsoraceae |
| Genus: | Melampsora |
| Species: | M. caprearum |
| Binomial name | |
| Melampsora caprearum Thüm. 1879 | |
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Melampsora laricis-caprearum Klebahn, 1897 | |
Melampsora caprearum is a fungal pathogen which causes galls on willows (Salix species). Also known as a rust fungus, it was first described by Felix von Thümen in 1879.