Claim · #6735436
Ganoderma australe · pathogen pressure · Casuarina equisetifolia
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“strands of the fungus Ganoderma australe among decaying wood tissue”
- Authors
- University of Guam, College of Natural and Applied Sciences
- Year
- 2022
- Publication
- University of Guam Cooperative Extension & Outreach / Agricultural Experiment Station
- Page
- 1
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Ganoderma australe as wood-decay fungus contributing to ironwood tree decline in Casuarina equisetifolia is biologically consistent with Basidiomycete saprotroph/pathogen behavior.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Ganoderma australe is a known wood-decay basidiomycete; involvement in ironwood tree decline complex is documented in Guam literature.”
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