Aecidium magellanicum, commonly known as the calafate rust, is a species of rust fungi.

This fungus can cause a growth defect known as a witches broom, an excessive growth of stems from a single point on a branch.

The species is known to infect the evergreen shrub Berberis buxifolia in Argentina and Chile.

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