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| Natural Habitat | - Rusts are parasitic to many types of plants
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| Suitable Substrates in the Indoor Environment | - Unknown- rust fungi require a living plant host for growth
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| Allergenic Potential | - Type I. (hay fever, asthma)
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| Other Comments | - There are 5000 known species of rusts belonging to at least 150 different genera
- Rusts are the cause of great economic losses on many cultivated plants
- Ancient Romans believed the god Robigus was responsible for rust disease on crops and attempted to ward off rust disease by celebrating Robigus in an annual festival
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| References | - Alexopoulos, C.J., Mims, C.W., Blackwell, M. 1996. John Wiley and Sons
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