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Fungi Habitat, Decomposition, and Recycling

Fungi: beneficial & pathogenic

Fungi: beneficial & pathogenic

Shelf fungi, so called because they grow on trees in a stack, attack and digest the trunk or branches of a tree. While some shelf fungi are found only on dead trees, others can parasitize living trees, causing eventual death. They are considered serious tree pathogens.

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