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[Aroid-l] Arisaema Rust

From: mossytrail at hctc.com (mossytrail) on 2008.05.05 at 00:37:31(17549)
> This is not a fungus! It is a rust, and this seems to be
> a bad year for it as many of the May Apples here in the
> Cincinnati area are showing it.
>
> Vic
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Okay, so (I'm showing my ignorance here) what sort of
organism causes rust? Is it a virus, a bacteria, something
else? And to rephrase my original question, is there any
known effective treatment?
Jason Hernandez
Naturalist-at-Large

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