Infected Monterey pine, Pinus radiata, branch tips showing chlorotic and dead needles at the far end of a girdling lesion due to pitch canker, a disease caused by the fungus Fusarium circinatum.

Infected Monterey pine, Pinus radiata, branch tips showing chlorotic and dead needles at the far end of a girdling lesion due to pitch canker, a disease caused by the fungus Fusarium circinatum. Credit: Thomas R. Gordon
Credit: Thomas R. Gordon