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Cronartium quercuum

(Berk.) Miyabe ex Shirai

Eastern Gall Rust

GNRUnranked Found in 11 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →

GNRUnrankedGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.124151

Element CodeNFFUN19010

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryFungus

KingdomFungi

PhylumBasidiomycota

ClassPucciniomycetes

OrderPucciniales

FamilyCronartiaceae

GenusCronartium

Concept Reference

Farr, D.F., G.F. Bills, G.P. Chamuris, A.Y. Rossman. 1989. Fungi on plants and plant products in the United States. APS Press, St. Paul. 1252 pp.

Taxonomic Comments

Mycobank (2025) include Endocronartium harknessii in Cronartium quercuum, while Species Fungorum (2025) treat them as distinct.

Conservation Status

Change Date1996-09-27

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (1)

United StatesNNR

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (11)

Georgia (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Lance Creek	Chattahoochee National Forest	9,025

Kentucky (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Wolfpen	Daniel Boone National Forest	2,835

North Carolina (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Linville Gorge Addition	Pisgah National Forest	2,809

Tennessee (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Devil's Backbone	Cherokee National Forest	4,287

Virginia (6)

Area	Forest	Acres
Beards Mountain	George Washington National Forest	7,505
Kelley Mountain	George Washington National Forest	7,590
Little River	George Washington National Forest	27,292
North Mountain	Jefferson National Forest	8,377
Northern Massanutten	George Washington National Forest	9,444
Oak Knob	George Washington National Forest	10,882

West Virginia (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
North Mountain Hopeville	Monongahela National Forest	6,525

References (3)

Farr, D.F., G.F. Bills, G.P. Chamuris, A.Y. Rossman. 1989. Fungi on plants and plant products in the United States. APS Press, St. Paul. 1252 pp.
Index Fungorum and Species Fungorum. 2018. <i>In</i> Index Fungorum-Species Fungorum (<a href="https://indexfungorum.org" target="_blank">https://indexfungorum.org</a> and <a href="https://speciesfungorum.org" target="_blank">https://speciesfungorum.org</a>) database export on 16 June 2018. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Index Fungorum and Species Fungorum. 2025. <i>In</i> Index Fungorum-Species Fungorum (<a href="https://indexfungorum.org" target="_blank">https://indexfungorum.org</a> and <a href="https://speciesfungorum.org" target="_blank">https://speciesfungorum.org</a>) database export on 29 September 2025. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.