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Gymnosporangium cornutum Arthur ex F. Kern, Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 7: 444 (1911)

Gymnosporangium juniperi sensu auct.
Gymnosporangium juniperinum sensu auct.
Gymnosporangium aurantiacum sensu auct.
Aecidium cornutum Pers., Syn. meth. fung. (Göttingen) 1: 205 (1801)
Roestelia cornuta Fr., Summa veg. Scand. Section Post. (Stockholm): 510 (1849)

Habitat: 0 & l on Sorbus aucuparia and cultivated Sorbus spp., lll on Juniperus communis.

Notes: Common in parts of Scotland. Rarely reported elsewhere but apparently widespread.

Distribution: E: !, S: !, W: !, NI: !, ROI: !

Vouchers: England: K(M) 88652; Scotland: K(M) 54929

Descriptions, Lists & Icons:
D:, in Wilson, M. & Henderson, D.M, British Rust Fungi: 384 pp. (1966), p. 121
I:, in Sowerby, J., Coloured Figures of English Fungi or Mushrooms Vol.3 3: 84 pp. [pl. 241-400] (1800), as Aecidium cornutum, pl. 319

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