White thick mycelial mat under the bark of stems, white mycelial mat on roots, fruiting bodies at the stem base, dieback at advanced stage of disease, basal cankers with resin oozing from the stem.
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Armillaria root rot
Download PDFArmillaria fuscipes Petch
Common NameArmillaria root rot
Scientific NameArmillaria fuscipes Petch
Pathogen / Pest TypeRoot rot
SynonymsArmillaria heimii Pegler
OriginAfrica (Coetzee et al. 2005 and reference therein)
Distribution in South AfricaKwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga
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