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Witches broom fungus	:
Agaricomycetes > Agaricales > Tricholomataceae > Crinipellis perniciosa (Stahel) Singer

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Image	Descriptor	Description	Photographer
1319062	Fruiting Bodies	Spores released from the fan-shaped basidiocarp of this inch-wide Crinipellis perniciosa mushroom can infect cacao trees and drastically reduce yields of the beans from which cocoa and chocolate products are made.	Scott Bauer
1317028	Sign	A branch of a cacao tree in western Ecuador killed by witches’ broom disease. Protruding from some leaf midveins are whitish fungal structures that send thousands of spores onto other trees	James A. Saunders
1319061	Symptoms	Pathogenic fungi that cause witches' broom on cacao tree limbs and trunks also attack pods, destroying the valuable beans inside.	Scott Bauer


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