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List of fungi for Lab 6 and links to pictures
Common name: Fir-sensitive fern rust
Causal fungus: New name: Uredinopsis americana
Old name: Uredinopsis mirabilis
Subdivision: Basidiomycotina
Common name: Balsam gall midge
Scientific name: Paradiplosis sp. and Dasineura sp.
Common name: Pine needle rust
Causal fungus: Coleosporium asterum or Coleosporium solidaginis
Subdivision: Basidiomycotina
Common name: Weir's spruce cushion rust or Spruce needle rust
Causal fungus: Chrysomyxa  weirii
Subdivision: Basidiomycotina
Common name: Broom rust of balsam fir
Causal fungus: Melampsorella caryophyllacearum
Subdivision: Basidiomycotina
Common name: Fir-blueberry rust or witch's broom of blueberry
Causal fungus: Pucciniastrum goeppertianum
Subdivision: Basidiomycotina
Common name: Hemlock-blueberry rust
Causal fungus: Thekopsora minima
old name: Pucciniastrum vaccinii
Subdivision:Basidiomycotina 
Common name: Dutch elm disease
Causal fungus: New name: Ophiostoma ulmi
Old name: Ceratocystis ulmi 
Subdivision: Ascomycotina
Common name: Sapstreak disease
Causal fungus: New name: Ceratocystis virescens
Old name: Ceratocystis coerulescens
Subdivision: Ascomycotina
Common name: Verticillium wilt
Causal fungus: Verticillium albo-atrum
Subdivision: Deuteromycotina
Common name: Conifer wilt or Blue stain
Causal fungus: Ophiostoma sp. = perfect state 
Leptographium sp. = imperfect state 
Pesotum sp. = imperfect state 
Common name: Pine wilt disease
Causal organism: Pinewood nematode (Bursaphelenchus xylophilus)