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This is particularly appropriate because Botrytis cinerea is a necrotrophic fungus, meaning it kills its host and then feasts on the remains — a natural vampire that creates something almost immortal out of its predation.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 23, 2023

These include biotrophic and necrotrophic pathogens that attack living and dead plants, respectively, and 'change artists' that enter the plant as biotrophs and transform into necrotrophs.

From Nature • Feb. 28, 2017