#fungal disease

UH Hilo Research Finds Rapid ʻŌhiʻa Death Linked to Hoofed Animals

The spread of a fungal disease killing off hundreds of thousands of mature ‘ōhi‘a trees on Hawai‘i Island could be exacerbated by the presence of animals with hooves, according to a new collaborative study led by a geographer at the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo.