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The fungus that erased billions of chestnut trees
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The American chestnut tree once heavily dominated eastern forests until a devastating fungal blight was accidentally introduced in the early twentieth century. Within a few decades, this microscopic invader aggressively annihilated nearly four billion massive trees. It was an incredibly swift and absolute botanical massacre that permanently altered the continental canopy.
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