A lot of the leaves on the Conference Pear in my garden have orange blotches on the upper surface this year. On looking underneath there is a swelling with little "parasols" protruding. After a bit of research I have found that this is Pear Gall caused by the rust fungus
Gymnosporangium sabinae. Apparently it requires 2 hosts, the other being Juniper on which it causes clusters of finger-like swellings on stems. I have a
Juniperus sabine 'Tamarasciflia variegata' in the garden reasonably close to the pear tree, but so far have not found any signs of the fungus on it.
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