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are about 6.3 billion dead trees still standing in 11 states, up from 5.8 billion five years earlier. The bark beetle infestation has affected nearly 85,000 square miles in the west since 2000. The mountain pine beetle, one of two dozen...

giant beetle is split into several segments, each bearing decayed teeth. It digs underground, creating a decayed tunnel. Fluorescent mycelium spreads beneath the skin of the green rot-hunter like a vein. Mycorrhizae extend from the wound...

94]. Very recently, the stilbene-type phytoalexin astringin produced by Norway spruce in the interaction with the bark beetle (Ips spp.) and its fungal associate, Ceratocystis polonica was shown to undergo metabolism by the latter [95...

tree bark. Extend the rotten branch from the body like a spear. The Reverse-Growth Monster In the end, the body multiplies beyond what is necessary and becomes a huge mass. Corruption and profit A winged monster that looks like a mix...