FABI

🌲 FABI Friday Feature
This week we’re highlighting Dothistroma needle blight, a destructive disease of Pinus species caused by the fungus Dothistroma septosporum. First reported in SA in 1965, it continues to challenge pine forestry.
#FABIFriday #TreeHealth

🪲 FABI Friday Feature
Meet Nudaurelia clarki – the Pine Emperor Moth. Native to southern Africa, this moth is both beautiful and destructive. Its larvae feed gregariously on pine needles, causing severe defoliation.
#FABIFriday #Entomology

🌿 FABI Friday Feature
This week we spotlight Austropuccinia psidii – the rust fungus behind Myrtle Rust, a serious threat to Myrtaceae species. #FABIFriday

For this week’s FABI Friday Feature, we’re highlighting a new threat to South African Eucalyptus plantations: Eucalyptus scab and shoot malformation (ESSM) caused by Elsinoe necatrix (Indonesia) & E. masingae (South Africa).
🪴🦠 Let’s break it down:
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In honour of National Doughnut Day, we’re spotlighting a fungal oddity that’s as destructive as it is deliciously named – the doughnut fungus, Rhizina undulata! 🍩
#FABIFriday #ForestPathology #FungalFacts