Myrtle Rust - major threat to ecosystem

Beach cherry (Eugenia reinwardtiana) infected by myrtle rust - bright yellow spores and purplish-red lesions are typical late-onset symptoms

Myrtle Rust - Alert

Alen Sheather from the  Daintree Cassowary Groupposted this on facebook.
"Last Friday (25 May )was the Cassowary Recovery Team meeting at the Wet Tropics Management Authority.   One topic of discussion was the rapid emergence of Myrtle Rust in the region. This destructive exotic fungal disease has now invaded Mossman Gorge, Smithfield Conservation park and has been detected North of the Daintree River"   It has been found to be particularly infectious on the soft fleshy fruited members of the Myrtaceae family (over 50 species)".

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