Summary ³

Apiosporina morbosa is a plant pathogen, which is the causal agent of black knot. It affects cherry, plum, apricot and chokecherry trees in North America. The disease produces rough, black growths that encircle and kill the infested parts, and provide habitat for insects.

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1. (c) Bill MacIndewar, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Bill MacIndewar
2. (c) Distant Hill Gardens, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), https://www.flickr.com/photos/59898141@N06/8571775548/
3. Adapted by Bill MacIndewar from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apiosporina_morbosa

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