What does rust fungus mean?

rust fungus

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Any of many fungi, of the order Pucciniales, that cause rust diseases in plants.

"In the substomatal chamber all the signals that regulate the interaction between fungus and host are present along the entire structure of the rust fungus, from the vesicle to the first haustorium which, in the dikaryotic stage, is the first intracellular structure (Mendgen et al., 1988; Heath, 1989, 1995)."

rust fungi (plural)

rust

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