Overview • Description • Distribution • Taxonomy
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Blue stain fungi spores are carried to a living tree on the body of a wood boring beetle. Their thread-like cells (hyphae) produce dark melanin on their walls to protect them from light, drought, and the tree’s own defenses. Blue discoloration spreads from the wound on the outside through the heartwood in a wedge-shaped pattern following the spread of the fungus. Boxelder trees produce a brilliant red stain in the wood as a response to the fungus. |
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Taxonomy |
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Kingdom | Fungi (fungi) | ||
Subkingdom | Dikarya | ||
Phylum | Ascomycota (sac fungi) | ||
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Genus Ceratocystiopsis Genus Ceratocystis Genus Grosmannia Genus Ophiostoma |
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Common Names |
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blue stain fungi blue stain fungi |
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Glossary
Hypha
A thread-like cell of a fungus that is the main mode of vegetative growth: the basic structural unit of a multicellular fungus. Plural: hyphae. Collectively, the hyphae of a fungus is the mycelium.
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Honey Fae (Farah) |
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This fungi changes colors through its stages. |
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About
Dec 17, 2012 Blue stain fungus caused by mountain pine beetle |
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Robin Anderson 11/5/2023 |
Location: Hennepin County |
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Honey Fae (Farah) 5/1/2022 |
Location: Hennepin County |
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Honey Fae (Farah) 4/10/2022 |
Location: Hennepin County |
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Created: 8/22/2022
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