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Catalog #:
15227348
Taxon:
Raffaelea lauricola T.C. Harr., Fraedrich & Aghayeva
Family: Ophiostomataceae
Family: Ophiostomataceae
Collector:
eickwort
Date: 2018-07-31
Verbatim Date: 2018/07/31 12:32 PM EDT
Locality:
United States, Florida, Taylor County, FL, USA
30.14206 -83.946283
Georeference Remarks:
COORDINATE_ROUNDED;GEODETIC_DATUM_ASSUMED_WGS84
Description:
Original observation #15227348 (iNaturalist)
Occurrence Remarks:
Swamp bay (Persea palustris) trees being killed by laurel wilt disease, carried by the redbay ambrosia beetle (Xyleborus glabratus). Still very active in this area, and adjacent parts of Wakulla County. I cultured the fungus on selective media from wood samples collected from the tree. Microscope picture (taken at 400x, not as clear as I would like) shows characteristic hyphae and spores. Related observations: The host species, swamp bay: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/15019191 A redbay ambrosia beetle extracted from tunnels (galleries) in the tree's wood: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/15021567 Xylosandrus crassiusculus, another exotic ambrosia beetle that I also found infesting the dead tree: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/15021366
Rights Holder: © held by the observer (listed as 'Collector') at iNaturalist.org, with some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
Record Id: 1cb4cb74-1e80-456b-a5c7-659a0131179e
Occurrence ID (GUID):
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/15227348
For additional information on this occurrence, please contact:
Ken-ichi Ueda (help@inaturalist.org)
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