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  2. Burl - Wikipedia

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    Burrs on a tree trunk in Norfolk, England. A burl (American English) or burr (British English) is a tree growth in which the grain has grown in a deformed manner. It is commonly found in the form of a rounded outgrowth on a tree trunk or branch that is filled with small knots from dormant buds. Burl formation is typically a result of some form ...

  3. Dibotryon morbosum - Wikipedia

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    Dibotryon morbosum or Apiosporina morbosa is a plant pathogen, which is the causal agent of black knot. [1] [2] It affects members of the Prunus genus such as; cherry, plum, apricot, and chokecherry trees in North America. The disease produces rough, black growths that encircle and kill the infested parts, and provide habitat for insects.

  4. Rhytisma acerinum - Wikipedia

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    Rhytisma acerinum is a plant pathogen that commonly affects sycamores and maples in late summer and autumn, causing tar spot.Tar spot does not usually have an adverse effect on the trees' long-term health. [1]

  5. Meripilus giganteus - Wikipedia

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    This bracket fungus, commonly known as the giant polypore or black-staining polypore, is often found in large clumps at the base of trees, although fruiting bodies are sometimes found some distance away from the trunk, parasitizing the roots. M. giganteus has a circumboreal distribution in the northern Hemisphere, and is widely distributed in ...

  6. Beech bark disease - Wikipedia

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    The residual, resistant parent trees are future sources of resistant seed/sprouts. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] If herbicides are not a viable option, cut all suckers within 1.5 m of a BBD-killed beech tree. [ 9 ] Resistance to beech bark disease in a stand may be 1–5% of trees or more, with significant regional variation.

  7. Citrus black spot - Wikipedia

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    Citrus Black Spot has a large economic impact on many countries because the black blemishes make it undesirable for human consumption and therefore the infected fruit cannot be sold. This type of economic impact is felt most in Australia and South Africa where the disease has been present for a number of years. [37]

  8. Stegophora ulmea - Wikipedia

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    Stegophora ulmea is a foliar disease of elms commonly known as black spot of elm, twig blight, and elm leaf scab. [1] It is characterized by yellow spots that become black spots on the leaves. The pathogen is an ascomycete fungus native to North America. Stegophora ulmea is its teleomorph name. [2]

  9. Inonotus obliquus - Wikipedia

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    Inonotus obliquus causes a white heart rot to develop in the host tree. The chaga spores enter the tree through wounds, particularly poorly healed branch stubs. The white rot decay will spread throughout the heartwood of the host. During the infection cycle, penetration of the sapwood occurs only around the sterile exterior mycelium mass. [4]