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Answer for the clue "Rust fungi having aecia produced in raised or swollen sori and teliospores borne in waxy columns ", 10 letters:
cronartium

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Cronartium \Cronartium\ n. A genus of rust fungi having aecia produced in raised or swollen sori and teliospores borne in waxy columns. Syn: genus Cronartium .

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Cronartium is a genus of rust fungi in the family Cronartiaceae . They are heteroecious rusts with two alternating hosts, typically a pine and a flowering plant , and up to five spore stages. Many of the species are plant diseases of major economic importance, ...