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Bursaphelenchus xylophilus on Pinus sp. with blue stain fungi

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Description: pine wilt nematode (Bursaphelenchus xylophilus) (Steiner & Buhrer) Nickle. As a secondary associate, the nematode is mycophagous and feeds on the fungi in the wood, including bluestain fungi transmitted by engraver and other bark beetles. Source: https://www.forestryimages.org/browse/detail.cfm?imgnum=4387010. Author: L.D. Dwinell, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org.

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