smiling lichen face on a beech tree with black sooty mould fungus Nelson Lakes National Park South Island New Zealand
Scale insecsts produce honeydew by feeding on trunks of beech trees thus creating black sooty fungus moulds whose dark filaments turn the tree trunks black.
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Location: St. Arnaud Nelson Lakes National Park South Island New Zealand
Photo credit: © Christa Knijff / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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