Engineers discover what makes a tree-killing fungus so hard to put down

Armillaria ostoyae is a gnarly parasitic fungus with long black tentacles that spread out and attack vegetation. Not much was known about what makes fungus so hard to kill — until now. A team of researchers has been studying the defense mechanism of the tree fungus to better understand what makes it so hearty.
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