| Chrysomyxa ledicola | |
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| Chrysomyxa ledicola as "orange goo" in Kivalina, Alaska | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Pucciniomycetes |
| Order: | Pucciniales |
| Family: | Coleosporiaceae |
| Genus: | Chrysomyxa |
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C. ledicola
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| Binomial name | |
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Chrysomyxa ledicola
Lagerh. 1893
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Chrysomyxa ledicola is a plant pathogen responsible for the disease large-spored spruce-Labrador tea rust. It affects white spruce, black spruce, Sitka spruce, Engelmann spruce, and Labrador-tea. It is also the cause of the orange goo that covered the Iñupiat village of Kivalina, Alaska in the summer of 2011.
External links
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Media related to Chrysomyxa ledicola at Wikimedia Commons - Chrysomyxa ledicola in Index Fungorum
- USDA ARS Fungal Database
