Chestnut Blight (IMAGE)

University of Southampton

Chestnut Blight

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This is chestnut blight, Cryphonectria parasitica, on an American chestnut, Castanea dentate.

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Photos provided by Elizabeth Bush, Virginia Polytecnic Institute and State University; Edward L Barnard, Florida Department of Agriculture and Customer Services; Joseph O'Brien, USDA Forest Services; Andrej Kunca, National Forest Centre, Slovakia; USDA Forest Service, Region 2, Rocky Mountain Region Archive and Ronald F Billings, Texas Forest Service, respectively. All from <a target="_blank" href="http://www.Bugwood.org">Bugwood.org</a>.

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