Affiliation:
1. Pacific Northwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
2. Rocky Mountain Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Moscow, ID 83843, USA
Abstract
Armillaria altimontana is a fungus (Basidiomycota, Agaricomycetes, Agaricales, and Physalacriaceae) that is generally considered as a weak/opportunistic pathogen or saprophyte on many tree hosts. It widely occurs across the northwestern USA to southern British Columbia, Canada, but relatively little is known about its ecological role in the diverse forest ecosystems where it occurs. This review summarizes the biology and ecology of A. altimontana, including its identification, life cycle, distribution, host associations, and bioclimatic models under climate change.
Funder
USDA Forest Service (FS) Research and Development (R&D) Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Ecosystem Restoration Research Project
FS State, Private, and Tribal Forestry, Forest Health Protection—the Special Technology Development Program
Subject
Plant Science,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics,Microbiology (medical)
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