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| Eocronartium muscicola Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Pucciniomycetes |
| Order: | Platygloeales |
| Family: | Eocronartiaceae |
| Genus: | Eocronartium G.F. Atk. (1902) |
| Species: | E. muscicola
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| Binomial name | |
| Eocronartium muscicola (Pers.) Fitzp. (1918)
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| Synonyms | |
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Clavaria muscicola Pers., Observ. mycol. (Lipsiae) 2: 60 (1800) | |
Eocronartium muscicola is a species of fungus belonging to the order Platygloeales. It is currently the only species in the monotypic genus Eocronartium.[1][2] In the UK its recommended English name is moss rust.[3] The species forms clavarioid basidiocarps (fruit bodies) on mosses, on which it is parasitic.[4]
At least 21 moss species, all in the subclass Bryidae, are recorded as hosts for Eocronartium muscicola.[5] The fungus parasitizes its host through its gametophytic transfer cells.[4] The species appears to be widespread, with most reports from Europe, North and South America.[6]
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