Western Pine-Aster Rust

Coleosporium asterum (Dietel) Syd. & P.Syd.

Edibility

Edibility unknown — do not eat

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Photos

Photo: Senna Bryce Robeson. CC-BY. Source (inaturalist)
Photo: W Rao. CC-BY. Source (inaturalist)
Photo: Senna Bryce Robeson. CC-BY. Source (inaturalist)
Photo: Alan Prather. CC-BY. Source (inaturalist)

Lookalikes

No lookalikes are recorded for this species yet. That does not mean there are none. Many mushrooms look alike, so never rely on appearance alone.

Season

When this species has been recorded, by month, from open-licensed US and Canada observations. It shows when people report it, not a guarantee it is fruiting.

The highlighted bar is the current month.

View season data as a table

Recorded observations of Western Pine-Aster Rust by month
Month	Records
January	12
February	29
March	122
April	163
May	496
June	666
July	829
August	2,068
September	2,591
October	1,719
November	189
December	17

Where it is found

States and provinces with the most records. Check the foraging rules for the place you plan to visit.

New York 818 records · Foraging rules
Wisconsin 531 records · Foraging rules
Connecticut 501 records · Foraging rules
Ontario 488 records · Foraging rules
Pennsylvania 402 records · Foraging rules
North Carolina 314 records · Foraging rules
Maryland 303 records · Foraging rules
Illinois 288 records · Foraging rules
Montana 248 records · Foraging rules
Indiana 238 records · Foraging rules
Washington 227 records · Foraging rules
California 223 records · Foraging rules
Massachusetts 221 records · Foraging rules
Minnesota 209 records · Foraging rules
Virginia 209 records · Foraging rules

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Ohio175 records
Nebraska173 records
Tennessee172 records
Florida170 records
Quebec169 records
New Jersey168 records
New Hampshire145 records
Colorado142 records
Georgia141 records
District of Columbia132 records
North Dakota131 records
Idaho128 records
West Virginia125 records
Kansas123 records
Arkansas117 records
Manitoba110 records
South Carolina107 records
Rhode Island105 records
Maine101 records
Vermont99 records
South Dakota94 records
Oregon92 records
Missouri87 records
Alberta81 records
British Columbia80 records
Michigan77 records
Alabama56 records
Delaware48 records
Saskatchewan41 records
Nova Scotia40 records
Iowa39 records
New Brunswick31 records
Kentucky31 records
Texas28 records
Mississippi27 records
Wyoming25 records
Louisiana24 records
New Mexico19 records
Prince Edward Island14 records
Newfoundland and Labrador13 records
Yukon10 records
Alaska10 records
Arizona5 records
Northwest Territories5 records
Oklahoma2 records
Utah2 records
Hawaii1 records

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About

Coleosporium asterum is a species of rust fungus in the family Coleosporiaceae. It infects species in the Asteraceae family, such as those in genus Aster and Solidago, as well as the needle pines Pinus contorta and P. banksiana. It has been recorded on aster family species Canadanthus modestus, Eurybia conspicua, Solidago missouriensis, Symphyotrichum ciliolatum, S. laeve, and numerous others. The basionym of Coleosporium asterum is Stichopsora asterum, and the fungus originally was found in 1898 on leaves of the Asteraceae species Callistephus chinensis, Aster scaber (now Doellingeria scabra), and Aster tataricus on the island of Honshu, Japan.

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