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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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