Ophiostomatales
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The Ophiostomatales are an order of fungi in the class Sordariomycetes. They are commonly symbionts to insect species, which can be found in numerous cases, including some termites and many bark beetl
Ophiostoma minus
Bark beetle
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A bark beetle is the common name for the subfamily of beetles Scolytinae. Previously, this was considered a distinct family, but is now understood to be a specialized clade of the "true weevil" family
Ophiostomatales
…in the class Sordariomycetes. They are commonly symbionts to insect species, which can be found in numerous cases, including some termites and many bark beetles. In the cases of most beetle symbioses, the Ophiostomatales fungi is carried in mycangia, which help keep fungal inoculants close to the beetle at all…
Dendroctonus ponderosae
Mountain pine beetles killed these lodgepole pine trees in Prince George, British Columbia.
Effects of bark beetle in the Bavarian Forest
Bark beetle gallery engraving the sapwood