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That's Blue Stain Fungus that is found in the gut of the southern pine beetles... Blue Stain Fungus was one of the things we were studying / looking at back in the early 80's (I'm sure even way before then...) Trying to see if the fungus helped SPB get established or hinder the establishment.Here's what my Pine beetle disease looks like when the tree is dead........
Fun times, dissecting the mid gut of SPB's looking for the amount of Blue Stain Spores - did several 1000's.
Shout out to Pineville, LA and the US Forest Circus for my summer job climbing pine trees!!!
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