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Blue stain fungi and mountain pine beetles First brainstorm

Blue Stain Fungi Ophiostoma spp. Ceratocystis spp.

What causes the staining? Fungus itself? Dying layers of plant tissue?

Resin as a form of protection created by the tree

Aggressive vs non-aggressive beetles?

Study beetle lifecycle Why do they need the trees? Antifreeze produced by beetle larvae to ovewinter?

Special organs on beetle to transport fungi? What do the organs look like? Are they specific to male/female? How do beetles obtain fungus? Fungi strains specific to certain species of beetle? Does only one beetle do this?

Ophiostoma fungus - genus of fungus within Ascomycota

Hyperphoresy?

Effects of climate change/warming temperatures on current blights

Sapstaining

Beetle kill pine - wood products