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Blister Rust

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

any of several diseases of pines caused by rust fungi of the genus Cronartium and marked by destructive invasion of bark and sapwood and producing blisters externally

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Wordset Dictionary

fungus causing white pine blister rust and having a complex life cycle requiring a plant of genus Ribes as alternate host

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Entity Type

Unknown—authoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
white pine blister rustwhite-pine rust
plural
Blister Rusts
possessive
Blister Rust's
pluralpossessive
Blister Rusts'