Chestnut Blight: The Fungal Chemical Weapon That Forced the American Chestnut into Functional Extinction

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Trace the devastating 20th-century spread of Cryphonectria parasitica, a microscopic fungal invader that utilized an oxalic acid weapon to systematically girdle and functionally eradicate 200 million acres of American Chestnut trees.

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