Figure 2.

Various disease symptoms in giant sequoia. (a) Browning of shoots associated with Amycosphaerella africana and Pestalotiopsis australis in disease case 5; (b) browning of shoots associated with Pestalotiopsis australis and Rhizosphaera minteri in disease case 1; (c) browning of shoots where Botryosphaeria dothidea and Neofusicoccum parvum were isolated from disease case 10; (d–f) close-up of dying twigs from disease case 10; (g) wood discoloration; Botryosphaeria dothidea and Pezicula neosporulosa were isolated in disease case 9; (h) diseased needles of disease case 1; (i) close-up of wood discoloration associated with Ophiostoma quercus disease case 7; (j) stem disc from disease case 9; Pezicula neospurolosa, Cantharellales sp., and Pezicula sp. (melanigena or radicicola) were isolated.