Tree-Killing Fungus Gets a Name
July 4, 2008| |
A fungus that killed redbay and other trees in the coastal plains of northeastern Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina has been officially named, according to the United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service Southern Research Station (SRS). Before this, the fungus was known as 'the laurel wilt pathogen'. It is carried by ambrosia beetles, a group of highly specialized wood-boring insects that feed on symbiotic fungi, which they carry from tree to tree in specialized sacs.
So what is its name? Iowa State University Plant Pathologist Tom Harrington, co-author and SRS Plant Pathologist Stephen Fraedrich, and Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences Researcher D.N. Aghayeva unveiled the name, Raffaelea lauricola, in an article in Mycotaxon, the international journal of fungal taxonomy and nomenclature.
For the complete press release, visit http://www.srs.fs.fed.us/news/337. For more information about the fungus and the threat it poses to the laurel family, visit http://www.srs.fs.fed.us/news/153.
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