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spruce witch's broom rust
Chrysomyxa arctostaphyli
Fungusstrong against amphibians, reptiles
Common
Mycelium
While active with another fungus in play, it regains 5 HP at the start of your turn (8 with two others).
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Wikapialpha version
spruce witch's broom rust
Chrysomyxa arctostaphyli
Fungusstrong against amphibians, reptiles
Common
While active with another fungus in play, it regains 5 HP at the start of your turn (8 with two others).
Chrysomyxa arctostaphyli
Photo: Troy McConaghy (original photo) · CC0 (licence text) · cropped
Strong against: it deals 20% more damage to them. Weak against: these types deal 20% more damage to it.
Spruce broom rust or yellow witches' broom rust is a fungal plant disease caused by the basidiomycete fungus known as Chrysomyxa arctostaphyli. It occurs exclusively in North America, with the most concentrated outbreaks occurring in northern Arizona and southern Colorado on blue and Engelmann spruce, as well as in Alaska on black and white spruce. This disease alternates its life cycle between two hosts, with the spruce serving as the primary host and bearberry (also known as kinnickinnick) serving as the secondary or alternate host. The name for the disease comes from the distinctive “witches broom”, commonly yellow in color, which forms on the spruce after young needles have been infected. Management must be carried out through physical or mechanical methods, such as the pruning of brooms or the removal of the secondary host from the area, because no chemical control measures (e.g. fungicides) have yet been determined to be economically effective. Generally, spruce broom rust is seen as a mostly cosmetic issue, and it is very rarely the direct cause of tree death; however, research has shown a reduction in overall productivity and health of infected trees, making it an important issue for logging and timber companies.
Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Spruce broom rust, by its authors, under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
No global status on the IUCN Red List: that’s what makes this card Common.
Every Common card has 100 points, shared between HP, ATK and DEF:
How they’re shared out:
DEF 30