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Article

Ophiostomatales Associated with Mediterranean Pine Engraver, Orthotomicus erosus (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) in Dalmatia, Croatia

by
Marta Kovač
1,*,
Daniel Rigling
2 and
Milan Pernek
1
1
Croatian Forest Research Institute, Division for Forest Protection and Game Management, Cvjetno Naselje 41, 10450 Jastrebarsko, Croatia
2
Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, 8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
J. Fungi 2022, 8(8), 788; https://doi.org/10.3390/jof8080788
Submission received: 14 June 2022 / Revised: 18 July 2022 / Accepted: 26 July 2022 / Published: 28 July 2022
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Plant Fungal Pathogens: Isolation, Characterization and Control Strategies)
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Abstract

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Mediterranean pine engraver, Orthotomicus erosus was never considered as a significant pest in Croatia and did not appear in high population densities until 2017, when it reached outbreak level in Aleppo pine stands. The beetle was first detected in Marjan Forest Park, Split, and was soon recorded in other parts of the Dalmatian coast. Soon after the outbreak occurred, we observed that all of the attacked trees exhibit severe blue staining in the sapwood which indicated fungal infection caused by the Ophiostomatales group of fungi. This raised the need to investigate their relationship with O. erosus and the pine decline, and the main aim of this study was to isolate and identify them. Isolates were obtained from adult O. erosus beetles, their galleries, and blue-stained sapwood, and identified according to the morphological characteristics and DNA sequencing. A total of six Ophiostomatales (Ophiostoma ips, O. piceae, Graphilbum cf. rectangulosporium, O. floccosum, Sporothrix pseudoabietina and Ceratocystiopsis cf. minuta) were identified in the study. This is the first record of Ophiostomatales as organisms associated with the pest O. erosus and pine species in Croatia.

1. Introduction

Associations between fungi and bark beetles (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Scolytinae) are well known, and those involving tree-infecting fungi and bark beetles as their insect vectors are most researched and best understood [1,2,3]. In some cases, bark beetles can be primary pests, causing serious dieback of forests in huge areas [4,5,6] and significant economic losses [7,8], and in other cases, they are secondary pests whereby they vector pathogenic fungi that can kill trees [9,10,11]. Phytopathogenic fungi associated with tree-killing bark beetles are critical for overwhelming tree defences and incurring host tree mortality [12]. It is assumed that some fungal species help their vectors break the defensive mechanisms of the host plant. This is a successful strategy for weakening the host plant and plays an important role in the attack strategy of bark beetles [13,14,15]. Many pine scolytids carry blue-stain fungi, several of which have been shown to play an important role in the successful infestation of living trees [16,17,18], while others are mainly saprophytic. Blue-stain fungi cause sapstain, a grey, black, or bluish discoloration of the sapwood caused by the presence of pigmented fungal hyphae in the tracheids [19]. The Ophiostomatales are known as blue-stain fungi because of the intensive discoloration of the sapwood after bark beetle attack. They belong to the ascomycete families Ceratocystidaceae and Graphiaceae (order Microascales) and the singly family Ophiostomataceae in the order Ophiostomatales [14,20]. Some species can display high levels of virulence to their host trees, cause intensive staining of freshly exposed sapwood, and significantly influence the timber quality by lowering its economic value [20,21].
In Croatia, very little research has been done on blue-stain Ophiostomatales fungi associated with bark beetles. Those fungi were investigated only in association with Pityokteines spinidens Reitter, a phloem-feeding bark beetle that caused a severe decline of silver fir (Abies alba Mill.) in various parts of the country [20,22]. So far, blue-stain fungi have not been studied on any pine-infesting insects, nor in the Mediterranean region in Croatia.
Mediterranean pine engraver, Orthotomicus erosus Wollaston is widely distributed across the Mediterranean area (southern Europe, northern Africa) and Asia. The pine beetle has been introduced to Fiji, South Africa, Swaziland [23], and the USA [24]. The dominant host is pine with reported damage on Turkish pine (Pinus brutia), Caribbean pine (P. caribaea), Canary Island pine (P. canariensis), shortleaf pine (P. echinata), Afghan pine (P. elderica), Aleppo pine (P. halapensis), black pine (P. nigra), stone pine (P. pinea), maritime pine (P. pinaster), Monterey pine (P. radiata), red pine (P. resinosa), and Scots pine (P. sylvestris) [25,26,27]. Although it is usually considered as a secondary colonizer of weakened, recently dead or felled trees, in favourable conditions it can reach high abundance levels and cause mortality of healthy trees [28,29], and several outbreaks of this pest have already been recorded [29,30,31,32].
In Croatia, O. erosus was never considered as a significant pest and did not occur at high population densities until 2017 when it reached outbreak levels in Aleppo pine stands [29,30,31,32,33,34]. It was first detected in the Marjan Forest Park, Split, and was soon recorded in other parts of the Dalmatian coast, rapidly changing its status from endemic to epidemic, probably in response to warmer temperatures and extended drought periods [29]. After the initial outbreaks, the wide availability of possible hosts facilitated the spread of the beetle to other areas, and it was assumed that the shift in low-temperature limits might enable O. erosus to continue conquering the European continent [35]. In Europe, O. erosus is usually bivoltine but depending on temperature, vegetation period, and food quality it can develop up to seven generations per year [28,29,36,37].
During the outbreak, many field inspections were conducted, and it was observed that all of the attacked trees exhibit severe blue staining in the sapwood, indicating fungal infection. This raised the need to deepen the research and investigate the possible role of these fungi in the pine decline. The main aim of this study was to isolate and identify these fungi and elucidate their relationship with O. erosus for the first time in Croatia.

2. Materials and Methods

2.1. Study Sites and Collection of Samples

Samples were collected in 2017, 2018, and 2019, primarily at Marjan Forest Park, Split (43°30′33″ N, 16°24′38″ E) (Table 1), the site where the O. erosus outbreak was first recorded and was most severe. Other sites along the Dalmatian coast were also selected according to the intensity of the pest occurrence (Sukošan 44°02′54.0″ N, 15°19′22.1″ E; Ošjak 42°57′40″ N, 16°41′7″ E; the island of Lokrum, Dubrovnik 42°37′38.7″ N, 18°07′15.9″ E), and sampling was sporadically conducted depending on the frequency of the field surveys (Table 1). The trunk sections and bark of the Aleppo pine (Pinus halepensis Mill.) and stone pine (Pinus pinea L.) attacked by O. erosus, with visible symptoms of blue staining in the sapwood and galleries were collected (Figure 1). For sampling only wilting and drying pine trees clearly attacked by O. erosus were collected. On every collection site, another bark beetle species Tomicus destruens Woll. could be found but in a very low population. No tree was attacked by both bark beetle species at the same time.
Samples from Marjan were taken to the Laboratory for Entomological Analysis of Croatian Forest Research Institute, Jastrebarsko, distributed into mesh cages, and subjected to controlled conditions (20 ± 2 °C, L:D = 16:8). Trunk sections were sprayed with distilled water across the entire surface once per day in order to maintain bark moisture. Beetles of O. erosus were morphologically identified by using a stereomicroscope and the key for European bark beetles [38]. Each adult beetle was collected or taken out from its gallery using sterilized tweezers, placed individually in a sterile Eppendorf tube (Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany), and stored at 4 °C until fungal isolation. This whole process was performed within two weeks after samples had been collected in order to prevent the colonization by secondary fungi. The isolation of fungi was performed within a few days after the collection of samples.

2.2. Isolation of Fungi from Bark Beetles

Three different methods were used to isolate fungi from bark beetles (data about isolates in Table 2). In the first method, bark beetles, some whole and some crushed, after washing in sterile distilled water with one small drop (<10 µL) of Tween 80 detergent were first plated on non-selective MEA (Malt Extract Agar) or PDA (Potato Dextrose Agar), and after fungi development (within a week, depending on fungal species) on selective nutrient medium for Ophiostoma spp. (20 g malt extract, 20 g agar, and 1000 mL deionised water, amended with 0.05% cycloheximide and 0.04% streptomycin), as in Zhou et al. [39]. In the second method, the procedure was the same as above, but the bark beetles were smashed and placed directly onto the medium without surface rinsing. In the third method, bark beetles were placed on the surface of the selective agar medium, allowed to walk over the plate for two hours, and then removed. Plates were incubated at 23 ± 1 °C in the dark for two-five weeks, during which they were regularly checked for fungal growth and sporulation. Cultures were purified by transferring hyphal tips from the edges of individual colonies to fresh MEA or PDA medium in order to obtain pure cultures for further species identification.

2.3. Isolation of Fungi from Woody Tissues and Galleries

Woody tissue of the trunk sections (data about isolates in Table 2) with visible blue stain on the sapwood was shredded with laboratory scissors into smaller pieces (approx. 0.5 × 0.5 cm). Each piece of sapwood was surface sterilized first in 70% ethanol for 1 min and then in 1% sodium hypochlorite for 1 min. After rinsing in sterile distilled water for 1 min, the wood samples were dried on a sterile paper towel and then placed on a selective nutrient medium. Isolation of fungi from the blue-stained galleries included surface rinsing of galleries pieces (approx. 0.5 × 0.5 cm) with a solution of sterile distilled water containing 0.05% Tween 80, drying with sterile paper towels, and placing them in the same medium. The plates were incubated in the same laboratory conditions as above, observed daily for fungal growth, and pure cultures were obtained using the same method as described before.

2.4. Identification of Fungi

Obtained fungal isolates were first grouped according to their colony morphology (Figure 2 and Figure 3), and their initial morphological identification was done in Laboratory for phytopathology analysis of Croatian Forest Research Institute, based on the morphological keys and descriptions by Harrington [40], Suh et al. [41], and Wang et al. [42]. The fruiting structures were mounted on glass slides in distilled water or lactic acid and examined using an Olympus SZX10 stereo microscope (Olympus Co., Tokyo, Japan), and an Olympus BX53 light microscope with differential interference contrast. Measurements were made of 50 of each of the relevant morphological structures so that the ranges and average values of length and width could be calculated. The photographic images were captured with an Olympus XC30 (Tokyo, Japan) digital camera and accompanying software, and images of fungal colonies were taken with Olympus E-30 (Tokyo, Japan) camera. Remaining morphological identifications and molecular analysis of the obtained isolates were performed in the Phytopathology Laboratory of the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL) in Birmensdorf (Switzerland). All fungal cultures were deposited in the Laboratory of Phytopathological Analysis at the Croatian Forest Research Institute (Jastrebarsko, Croatia).

2.5. DNA Extraction, PCR, and Sequencing

A total of 60 isolates were included in the molecular studies to confirm the species identification resulting from the morphological examinations. Mycelium of the selected isolates was harvested for DNA extraction, which was then performed using the Thermo Scientific™ KingFisher™ Flex Purification System. The ribosomal ITS region was amplified by PCR using the fungal primers ITS-1 and ITS-4 [43,44] for all of the isolates. In addition, β-tubulin (βT) and elongation factor 1-α (TEF 1-α) were sequenced for 23 isolates that could not be identified to species level by ITS sequencing. Primers used for β-tubulin (βT) were T10 [45] and Bt2b [46], and primers used for TEF 1-α were EF2-F [47], EF2-R [48], F-728F [49] and EF2 [50]. The PCR products were scored on agarose gels, purified, and sequenced in both directions on a 3130xl DNA Analyzer. Sequence editing and analysis were performed by using CLC Main Workbench 7.6.2. and additionally, by using BioEdit 7.0. software. The sequences were blasted in the UNITE, BOLD, and NCBI Genebank sequence database for species identification. The sequences generated for this study are available from GenBank under the accession numbers ON697188-ON697193, ON736861-ON736868 (Supplementary Materials Table S1).

3. Results

Morphological and molecular analyses of 60 isolates included in the present study revealed six species belonging to Ophiostomatales. Most of the isolates were associated with Pinus halepensis as the host tree and Marjan Forest Park (Split) as the most common locality where samples were collected. Overall, 59% of the isolates were recovered from the adult O. erosus beetles, and 41% from the blue-stained woody tissues and galleries. The most frequently isolated species was Ophiostoma ips (Rumbold) Nannf. (30 out of 60 isolates), which was recovered from both beetles and blue-stained tissue/galleries.
Isolates identified as Sporothrix pseudoabietina H.M. Wang, Q. Lu and Zhen Zhang 2019 (Ophiostomatales, Ophiostomataceae) (9 isolates) were also obtained from both the beetles and blue-stained tissue, as well as the isolates identified as Graphilbum cf. rectangulosporium Ohtaka, Masuya and Yamaoka (Ophiostomatales, Ophiostomataceae) (5 isolates). Isolates belonging to the species Ophiostoma piceae (Münch) Syd. and P. Syd. (Ophiostomatales, Ophiostomataceae) (6 isolates) and Ophiostoma floccosum Math–Käärik (Ophiostomatales, Ophiostomataceae) (3 isolates) were recovered only from the blue-stained tissues, and one isolate identified as Ceratocystiopsis cf. minuta (Siemaszko) H.P. Upadhyay and W.B. Kendr. (Ophiostomatales, Ophiostomataceae) was recovered from an adult O. erosus beetle. All the information about obtained and identified isolates can be found in Table 2. More details about the results of the blast analysis, including information about which species were identified by which barcode can be found in Supplementary Materials Table S1.

4. Discussion

This is the first report of Ophiostomatales fungi identified as organisms associated with pest O. erosus and pine species in Croatia. Bark beetles are important forest pests, which have already been researched and discussed in relation to climate change, indicating that the predicted increase in temperature would lead to higher survival rates and faster development, thus directly influencing their population dynamics [4,30,51,52]. Recent observations of O. erosus outbreaks in the Dalmatian region of Croatia clearly indicate the onset of behavioural changes of this forest pest, previously considered benign in that area [31]. Drought intensity and frequency, and aridification trends in the research area caused cumulative stress to trees and have increased O. erosus occurrence. Population monitoring with pheromone traps in the years 2017, 2018, and 2019 showed up to 5–6 generations per year, a figure which has never been recorded in Croatia or in any other European country [31,53]. This study represents the first report of fungal species associated with O. erosus in Croatia, obtained from the adult beetles, their galleries and blue stained wood from Pinus halepensis and Pinus pinea at different locations in the Mediterranean part of Croatia. In previous studies, O. erosus’s association with blue-staining Ophiostomatales has already been demonstrated, and Ophiostoma ips was found to be the most common fungal symbiont of this bark beetle [34,54,55,56,57], which was the same as the results obtained in our research. In general, O. ips has been regarded as a common fungal species associated with blue stain and pine bark beetles in many countries such as Poland [58], Spain [59], Israel [60], Australia [61], South Africa [55], and China [62].
Sporothrix pseudoabietina was the second most isolated fungus, obtained both from the beetles and blue-stained tissue. In one study on Ophiostomatales associated with pines and pine bark beetles conducted in Australia O. ips and S. pseudoabietina were making up 53% and 19% of the dataset [58], which was a very similar share as in our study, with 50% isolates identified as O. ips and 15% as S. pseudoabietina. The genus Sporothrix has been recently redefined as a separate genus within the Ophiostomatales [60]. The species S. pseudoabietina was formally described in 2019, with the type specimen originating in China [42], and in Romon et al. [59] it was demonstrated as a commonly isolated fungus from Pinus spp. and accompanying bark beetles, and also in Jankowiak et al. [62] in association with spruce- and larch-infecting bark beetles.
Ophiostoma piceae was isolated only from blue-stained sapwood and accounted for 10% of the identified species. This species commonly causes wood-staining of coniferous timber and belongs to the most important blue-stain agents of pines in Europe [13,18,38]. Although O. piceae is generally not considered to be a strict associate of bark beetles and is often encountered in the absence of their activity [38], it was found in some studies to be associated with pine bark beetles and their galleries [33,60,62,63]. For example, in Romón et al. [60] it was identified as a fungus associated with O. erosus on Pinus radiata in Spain but in a smaller proportion than in our study (only 2%).
Associations of G. cf. rectangulosporium with pine bark beetles have previously been reported [55,57,59], and in several studies, this species was found in associations with O. erosus, but in different isolation frequencies. For example, in Romón et al. [59] the share of isolates that belonged to G. cf. rectangulosporium was 2.4%, and in Dori–Bachash et al. [60] the frequency of isolation was 24%. In our study, it accounted for 8% of the isolates and was recovered both from O. erosus and blue-stained tissue.
The species Ophiostoma floccosum is known to be a common associate of phloephagous bark beetles in Europe but is usually occurring at low frequencies [14,61,64]. In Romón et al. [60], it was associated with O. erosus at a proportion of 1%, and in the present study, it accounted for 5% of the isolates but was recovered only from blue-stained tissues. One isolate in our study was identified as Ceratocystiopsis cf. minuta and was obtained only from O. erosus. This fungus is associated with a wide variety of conifer-infesting bark beetles in many parts of the world i.e., [14,65,66].
Since the first discovery of symbiotic associations of conifer-infesting bark beetles with Ophiostomatales [66], a great number of studies on their interactions, species complexes, taxonomy, and their role in tree mortality have been conducted. Nevertheless, until today their precise role as symbionts still remains quite uncertain. There is no question that some tree-killing bark beetles have virulent fungal associations, and some of these fungi are undoubtedly capable of killing trees. There are few with high pathogenicity that survived the trees in the inoculation studies, unless unnaturally high levels of inoculum were used [3,65]. Many of these fungi are only recognized as the causal agents of blue stain (sap stain) in wood, which is an economical problem due to the lowering of the timber quality, which is especially recorded in pine plantations worldwide [19,58,66]. All sites in our study also consisted of monoculture dominated by P. halepensis.
This research has made a significant contribution to the knowledge of fungi transmitted by the pine bark beetle O. erosus and pines as its hosts and given that this issue has not been investigated in Croatia so far, the results provide a good basis and guidelines for further studies of their complex symbiotic relationship. Although our goal was to isolate and identify Ophiostomatales associated with O. erosus beetles, galleries, and blue-stained sapwood collected during beetle outbreaks that were never recorded before in Mediterranean Croatia, more in-depth systematic research is required to improve understanding of these fungus-vector associations, and to reveal greater diversity of this fungal community that probably exists. Future research should focus on climatic drivers, such as temperature and drought periods, that may be correlated with tree dieback, combined with pathogenicity studies that would explain the pathogenic capability of the fungi found. Addressing these questions would be valuable for forest pest management, as it could be used to estimate tree resistance and ultimately predict the risk of tree mortality in the case of a new or similar bark beetle outbreak.

Supplementary Materials

The following supporting information can be downloaded at: https://www.mdpi.com/article/10.3390/jof8080788/s1, Table S1. Results of the blast analysis and GenBank accession numbers used in the study.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization, M.K. and M.P.; methodology, M.K. and D.R.; formal analysis, M.K.; writing—original draft preparation, M.K.; writing—review and editing, D.R. and M.P. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

Funding

This research received no external funding.

Institutional Review Board Statement

Not applicable.

Informed Consent Statement

Not applicable.

Data Availability Statement

Not applicable.

Acknowledgments

We would like to thank Marjan Forest Park Public Institution and Croatian Forests Ltd. for assistance and support in field work during our forest health surveillance. We are also grateful to Ozana Domijan from Public Institution Lokrum Reserve for providing us with information and helping in field observations and reporting when needed. Finally, we also thank Quirin Kupper and Sven Ulrich from Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL) in Birmensdorf for their help during molecular laboratory work.

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Figure 1. Disease symptoms observed on Pinus halepensis at Marjan Forest Park, Split. (a) Tree attacked by Orthotomicus erosus; (b,c) trunk sections with visible symptoms of blue staining in the sapwood; (d) galleries with O. erosus adults and visible blue staining.
Figure 1. Disease symptoms observed on Pinus halepensis at Marjan Forest Park, Split. (a) Tree attacked by Orthotomicus erosus; (b,c) trunk sections with visible symptoms of blue staining in the sapwood; (d) galleries with O. erosus adults and visible blue staining.
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Figure 2. Ophiostoma ips. (a–c) Approximately 14-days old culture; (d,e) hyalorhinocladiella-like asexual morph: conidiogenous cells; (f) conidia.
Figure 2. Ophiostoma ips. (a–c) Approximately 14-days old culture; (d,e) hyalorhinocladiella-like asexual morph: conidiogenous cells; (f) conidia.
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Figure 3. Ophiostoma piceae. (a) Approximately 14-days old culture; (b,c) conidia; (d–f) spore masses formed at the apices of fruiting structures; (g) pesotum-like asexual morph.
Figure 3. Ophiostoma piceae. (a) Approximately 14-days old culture; (b,c) conidia; (d–f) spore masses formed at the apices of fruiting structures; (g) pesotum-like asexual morph.
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Table 1. Year and number of samples collected regarding bark beetle infestation level and tree species.
Table 1. Year and number of samples collected regarding bark beetle infestation level and tree species.
YearForest OfficeManagement UnitTree SpeciesWGS CoordinatesBark Beetle Infestation Level in 2018
Area [ha]Wood Mass [m3]Intensity [%]
2017
2018
2019		SPLITMarjanPinus halepensis
Pinus pinea		43°30′33″ N, 16°24′38″ E1965.90021–40
2018KORČULAOšjakPinus halepensis42°57′40″ N, 16°41′7″ E181.80021–40
2018ZADARSukošanPinus halepensis44°02′54.0″ N, 15°19′22.1″ E701501–20
2019DUBROVNIKLokrumPinus halepensis42°37′38.7″ N, 18°07′15.9″ E701001–20
Table
Table 2. Information about obtained and identified isolates.
Table 2. Information about obtained and identified isolates.
Isolate IDHost TreeIsolation SourceYear of SamplingLocalityIdentified Fungi
1OE1Pinus halepensisOrthotomicus erosus2018MarjanOphiostoma ips
2OE2Pinus halepensisOrthotomicus erosus2018MarjanOphiostoma ips
3OE3Pinus halepensisOrthotomicus erosus2018MarjanOphiostoma ips
4OE4Pinus halepensisOrthotomicus erosus2018MarjanSporothrix
pseudoabietina
5OE5Pinus halepensisOrthotomicus erosus2018MarjanPezizomycotina
6OE6Pinus halepensisOrthotomicus erosus2018MarjanOphiostoma ips
7OE7Pinus halepensisOrthotomicus erosus2018MarjanCeratocystiopsis cf. minuta
8BS1Pinus halepensisblue stained wood2018MarjanSporothrix pseudoabietina
9OE8Pinus halepensisOrthotomicus erosus2018MarjanSporothrix pseudoabietina
10OE9Pinus pineaOrthotomicus erosus2018MarjanOphiostoma ips
11BS2Pinus pineablue stained wood2018MarjanOphiostoma ips
12OE10Pinus halepensisOrthotomicus erosus2018MarjanOphiostoma ips
13OE11Pinus halepensisOrthotomicus erosus2018MarjanOphiostoma ips
14OE12Pinus halepensisOrthotomicus erosus2018MarjanGraphilbum cf. rectangulosporium
15OE13Pinus halepensisOrthotomicus erosus2018MarjanGraphilbum cf. rectangulosporium
16OE14Pinus halepensisOrthotomicus erosus2018MarjanOphiostoma ips
18OE15Pinus halepensisOrthotomicus erosus2018MarjanSporothrix pseudoabietina
19OE16Pinus halepensisOrthotomicus erosus2018MarjanSporothrix
pseudoabietina
20BS3Pinus halepensisblue stained wood2018OšjakPezizomycotina
20BS4Pinus halepensisblue stained wood2018OšjakPezizomycotina
21BS5Pinus halepensisblue stained wood2018OšjakPezizomycotina
22OE17Pinus halepensisOrthotomicus erosus2018MarjanOphiostoma ips
23OE18Pinus halepensisOrthotomicus erosus2018MarjanOphiostoma ips
24OE19Pinus halepensisOrthotomicus erosus2018MarjanOphiostoma ips
25OE20Pinus halepensisOrthotomicus erosus2018MarjanOphiostoma ips
26BS6Pinus pineablue stained wood2018MarjanOphiostoma ips
27BS7Pinus halepensisblue stained wood2018OšjakPezizomycotina
28OE21Pinus pineaOrthotomicus erosus2018MarjanOphiostoma ips
29G1Pinus pineagallery2018MarjanOphiostoma ips
30G2Pinus pineagallery2018MarjanOphiostoma ips
32OE22Pinus pineaOrthotomicus erosus2018MarjanOphiostoma ips
34OE23Pinus halepensisOrthotomicus erosus2018MarjanOphiostoma ips
35OE24Pinus halepensisOrthotomicus erosus2018MarjanOphiostoma ips
36OE25Pinus halepensisOrthotomicus erosus2018MarjanSporothrix
pseudoabietina
37OE26Pinus halepensisOrthotomicus erosus2018MarjanSporothrix
pseudoabietina
38OE27Pinus halepensisOrthotomicus erosus2018MarjanSporothrix
pseudoabietina
39BS9Pinus halepensisblue stained wood2019MarjanOphiostoma piceae
40OE28Pinus pineaOrthotomicus erosus2018MarjanOphiostoma ips
41OE29Pinus halepensisOrthotomicus erosus2018MarjanOphiostoma ips
42BS10Pinus halepensisblue stained wood2019MarjanGraphilbum cf.
rectangulosporium
42BS11Pinus halepensisblue stained wood2019MarjanGraphilbum cf.
rectangulosporium
43OE30Pinus halepensisOrthotomicus erosus2018MarjanOphiostoma ips
44OE31Pinus halepensisOrthotomicus erosus2018MarjanOphiostoma ips
45OE32Pinus halepensisOrthotomicus erosus2018MarjanOphiostoma ips
46BS11Pinus pineablue stained wood2018MarjanOphiostoma ips
47BS12Pinus pineablue stained wood2018MarjanOphiostoma ips
48OE33Pinus halepensisOrthotomicus erosus2018MarjanGraphilbum cf.
rectangulosporium
49OE34Pinus halepensisOrthotomicus erosus2018MarjanSporothrix
pseudoabietina
50BS13Pinus halepensisblue stained wood2017MarjanOphiostoma ips
51BS14Pinus halepensisblue stained wood2017MarjanOphiostoma floccosum
52BS15Pinus halepensisblue stained wood2017MarjanOphiostoma floccosum
53BS16Pinus halepensisblue stained wood2017MarjanOphiostoma floccosum
54BS17Pinus halepensisblue stained wood2017MarjanOphiostoma piceae
55BS18Pinus halepensisblue stained wood2018SukošanOphiostoma ips
56BS19Pinus halepensisblue stained wood2018SukošanOphiostoma ips
57BS20Pinus halepensisblue stained wood2018SukošanSarocladium strictum
58BS21Pinus halepensisblue stained wood2019LokrumOphiostoma piceae
59BS22Pinus halepensisblue stained wood2019LokrumOphiostoma piceae
60BS23Pinus halepensisblue stained wood2019LokrumOphiostoma piceae
61BS24Pinus halepensisblue stained wood2019LokrumOphiostoma piceae
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