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rust fungus

rust fungus noun: any of many fungi, of the order Pucciniales, that cause rust diseases in plants.

rust fungus: any of many fungi, of the order Pucciniales, that cause rust diseases in plants
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Noun

rust fungus (plural rust fungi)

  1. Any of many fungi, of the order Pucciniales, that cause rust diseases in plants.
    • In the substomatal chamber all the signals that regulate the interaction between fungus and host are present along the entire structure of the rust fungus, from the vesicle to the first haustorium which, in the dikaryotic stage, is the first intracellular structure (Mendgen et al., 1988; Heath...2005, Ming Hao Pei, Alistair R. McCracken, editors, Rust Diseases of Willow and Poplar, CABI, →ISBN, page 170

Forms of rust fungus

pluralrust fungi

Questions about rust fungus

What does rust fungus mean?
Rust fungus means any of many fungi, of the order Pucciniales, that cause rust diseases in plants.
What part of speech is rust fungus?
Rust fungus is a noun.
What is the plural of rust fungus?
The plural of rust fungus is rust fungi.

Words near rust fungus in the dictionary

  1. rust bucket
  2. rust buckets
  3. rust flies
  4. rust fly
  5. rust fungi
  6. rust fungus
  7. rust joint
  8. rust joints
  9. rust mite
  10. rust mites
  11. rust off

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