Chrysomyxa ledicola
| Chrysomyxa ledicola | |
|---|---|
| Chrysomyxa ledicola as "orange goo" in Kivalina, Alaska | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Pucciniomycetes |
| Order: | Pucciniales |
| Family: | Coleosporiaceae |
| Genus: | Chrysomyxa |
| Species: | C. ledicola |
| Binomial name | |
| Chrysomyxa ledicola Lagerh. 1893 | |
Chrysomyxa ledicola is a plant pathogen responsible for the disease large-spored spruce-Labrador tea rust. It affects white spruce, black spruce, Sitka spruce, Engelmann spruce, and Labrador-tea. It is also the cause of the orange goo that covered the Iñupiat village of Kivalina, Alaska in the summer of 2011.