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Black sooty mould on beech tree

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Black sooty mould growing on a beech tree.

Black sooty mould grows where honeydew droplets splash onto tree trunks, forming small ecosystems of their own. Here the mould is growing on a beech tree.

Rights: Department of Conservation, CC BY 4.0
Published:12 July 2016Size: 166.59 KB