The Ophiostomatales contain pathogens that threaten forests world-wide. Global trade increases encounters with new hosts, with potential devastating consequences. We assessed the danger posed by the movement of Ophiostomatales ...

Euphorbia ingens trees have been dying in large numbers in the Limpopo Province of South Africa for approximately 15 years. The ambrosia beetle Cyrtogenius africus is often found infesting diseased and dying trees. The ...

Rapanea melanophloeos, an important canopy tree in Afromontane forests, is commonly utilised for medicinal bark harvesting. Wounds created from these activities provide entrance for many fungi, including arthropod-associated ...