Cronartium

noun

Cro·​nar·​ti·​um

krōˈnärshēəm,

-rtēəm

: a genus of rust fungi (family Melampsoraceae) having aecia produced in raised or swollen sori and teliospores borne in waxy pillars or columns see white pine blister rust

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