Unknown hypericum-ring-rust

The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Pucciniaceae | Genus: Unknown
Detachable: integral
Color: orange
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Season: Spring
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Location: upper leaf, lower leaf, between leaf veins
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Gallformers ID Notes

Distinct rings of orange rust with a gap in the center, swelling distinctly above the surface of the leaf of an undetermined Hypericum species (H kalmianum selected as a placeholder).

Observed in Illinois in May.

- Gallformers Contributors: (2024) Gallformers ID Notes©


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2024
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Unless noted otherwise in the ID Notes, observations of this gall are collected in the Observation Field Gallformers Code with value hypericum-ring-rust on iNaturalist. You can view them here:
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