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  • n  destructive parasitic fungi causing brown rot in plants
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  • A Deadly Fungus Is Threatening Your Gin And Tonic
    The latest deadly tree fungus threatens your gin and tonic by killing off juniper berries. Phytophthora austrocedrae has been spotted on juniper bushes in the Lake District and Scotland.
    June 20, 2013 - Business Insider
  • Juniper Tree Fungus Threatens the Refreshing Future of Gin and Tonic
    Endangered cocktail? The vast amount of juniper used by distillers to make gin is actually from Italy and Eastern Europe, but Britain has its share of the bluish-green berry-producing conifer trees, which are now under siege by a "fungus-like" pathogen called Phytophthora austrocedrae, the Telegraph reports. "Some 45 per cent of Scottish trees are at risk of being wiped out by the fungus ...
    June 20, 2013 - New York Magazine

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