Also known as a rust fungus, it was first described by Felix von Thümen in 1879.

Melampsora caprearum distorts the blades and veins of willow leaves, causing irregular spots with yellow-orange uredinia (which produce a powdery mass of spores).

[1][2] Has been recorded from Belgium (photo), Finland, Great Britain (common) and Poland.

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