[Photos by Brendan Hodkinson.]
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Gymnosporangium
I was driving along today and saw a particularly striking example of Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae (cedar-apple rust) in action! I saw at least three trees in the area with this amazing bright orange fungus, but one of them was completely covered! Here are a few photos that I took:
A side view of one of the fungal fruiting bodies progressing through the stages of maturity.
A particularly juicy fruiting body as seen from below.
A small portion of the tree covered in the fungus.
[Photos by Brendan Hodkinson.]
[Photos by Brendan Hodkinson.]
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I just saw this for the first time in my mom's yard about a month ago. Very interesting.
ReplyDeleteThis was the first time I had actually seen it in the stage where it was bright orange. I had only seen the copper-colored galls before. Quite spectacular!
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