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STRANGE GROWTH ON EVERGREEN SHRUB

martin.armstrongfoxmartin.armstrongfox Posts: 4
in Problem solving
I have noticed a strange growth on an evergreen bush as per attached photo. Does anyone know what it could be?

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  • ERICS MUMERICS MUM Posts: 627
    Could it be a type of fungus ?  Sorry not very helpful, I’ll go and do some research, it’s fascinating !
  • martin.armstrongfoxmartin.armstrongfox Posts: 4
    It has been suggested to me that it could be Cedar-apple rust fungi. This however is referred to on a USA website.
  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,385
    edited May 2020
    Yes, it's a rust and likely the one which spends the other half of it's life infecting pear trees which is called Pear Rust when it does that.
    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • martin.armstrongfoxmartin.armstrongfox Posts: 4
    Thanks. Is there any treatment for it?
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