Grosmannia clavigera
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About
Grosmannia clavigera is a species of sac fungus that causes blue stain in wood. It spreads to lodgepole pine, ponderosa pine, Douglas-fir, and whitebark pine trees from the body and a special structure in the heads of mountain pine beetles. The blue stain fungus has evolved a relationship with mountain pine beetles that allow them to travel from tree to tree on a special structure in the beetle's heads and stops the tree from producing resin to pitch out or kill the beetle, encouraging the pine beetle infestation occurring all along the Rocky Mountains from Mexico into Canada. The beetles are able to mine and lay eggs while avoiding the tree's defenses. The 33 Mb genome of this fungus was sequenced in 2009.
- Family
- Ceratocystidaceae
How to use it
Grosmannia clavigera has significant ecological implications, particularly in forest health. It aids mountain pine beetles in infesting trees, which can lead to large-scale tree mortality. Understanding this fungus can help in managing forest ecosystems and mitigating the impacts of beetle infestations.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
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- Name
- Grosmannia clavigera
- Slug
- grosmannia-clavigera
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Family
- Ceratocystidaceae
- Genus
- Grosmannia
- Species
- clavigera
- Wikidata QID
- Q4930167
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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