Rust-red stringy white rot: The Indian paint fungus, Echinodontium tinctorium

Dan D. Wilson

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Rust-red stringy white rot: The Indian paint fungus, Echinodontium tinctorium

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Dan D. Wilson

Year:

1997

Type:

Scientific Journal

Station:

Southern Research Station

Source:

in: Compendium of Conifer Diseases. Everett M. Hansen and Katherine J. Lewis, eds. APS Press, The American Phytopathological Society, St. Paul, Minnesota, 101 p.

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Abstract

Older trees are more susceptible to damage by this fungus, although even very young trees are susceptible to infection. Infections occur most frequently in dense stands where selfpruning creates infection courts for the fungus.

Citation

Wilson, A. D. 1997. Rust-red stringy white rot: The Indian paint fungus, Echinodontium tinctorium. Pp. 25-26 in: Compendium of Conifer Diseases. Everett M. Hansen and Katherine J. Lewis, eds. APS Press, The American Phytopathological Society, St. Paul, Minnesota, 101 p.