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Plum Rust Fungus

Image shows the clusters of uredospores of the plum rust fungus Tranzschellia
discolor.
Inset: the wall of the spore can be seen to be highly sculptured and is described
as echinulate. The frozen hydrated preparation shown no signs of distortion
or collapse
Bar: = 25um, inset 5um