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A Mpumalanga pine and eucalyptus plantation on rolling hills, a forester from behind measuring a trunk with a diameter tape (illustration)
A Mpumalanga pine and eucalyptus plantation on rolling hills, a forester from behind measuring a trunk with a diameter tape (illustration)
A Mpumalanga pine and eucalyptus plantation on rolling hills, a forester from behind measuring a trunk with a diameter tape (illustration)
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Tree Protection Co-operative Programme

Armillaria root rot

Armillaria fuscipes Petch

Common NameArmillaria root rot
Scientific NameArmillaria fuscipes Petch
Pathogen / Pest TypeRoot rot
SynonymsArmillaria heimii Pegler
OriginAfrica (Coetzee et al. 2005 and reference therein)
Distribution in South AfricaKwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga

Symptoms

White thick mycelial mat under the bark of stems, white mycelial mat on roots, fruiting bodies at the stem base, dieback at advanced stage of disease, basal cankers with resin oozing from the stem.

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Armillaria fuscipes mushrooms
Armillaria fuscipes mushrooms
Armillaria fuscipes white mycelial mat under bark of dying pine
Armillaria fuscipes white mycelial mat under bark of dying pine
Basidiocarps of Armillaria fuscipes
Basidiocarps of Armillaria fuscipes
Armillaria white mycelial mat under bark of pine
Armillaria white mycelial mat under bark of pine