oak-root rot

[ohk-root, -roo t]

noun Plant Pathology.

a disease of oaks and other trees and woody plants, caused by the fungus Amillariella mellea (oak-root fungus), the fruiting body of which is the honey mushroom, and characterized by rotting roots, girdling of crown, and eventual death of the tree.

Also called shoestring root rot.

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