Gymnosporangium sabinae

Gymnosporangium sabinae
Gymnosporangium sabinae on pear leaf, Sivas, Turkey
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Pucciniomycetes
Order: Pucciniales
Family: Gymnosporangiaceae
Genus: Gymnosporangium
Species:
G. sabinae
Binomial name
Gymnosporangium sabinae
(Dicks.) Oerst. (1863)
Synonyms
  • Tremella sabinae Dicks. (1785)
  • Tremella digitata Hoffm. (1787)
  • Aecidium cancellatum Pers. (1792)
  • Puccinia juniperi Pers. (1794)
  • Tremella clavariiformis ? digitata (Hoffm.) Pers. (1801)
  • Roestelia cancellata Rebent. (1804)
  • Gymnosporangium fuscum DC. (1805)
  • Tremella fusca DC. (1806)
  • Podisoma juniperi-sabinae Fr. (1832)

Gymnosporangium sabinae is a species of rust fungus in the subdivision Pucciniomycotina. Known as pear rust, European pear rust, or pear trellis rust, it is a heteroecious plant pathogen with Juniperus sabina (savin juniper) as the main primary (telial) host and Pyrus communis (common pear) as the main secondary (aecial) host.

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