Is Your Weak Immune System Putting You at Risk of Aspergillosis?
Discover why Invasive Aspergillosis is a deadly threat, particularly for transplant patients, those on chemotherapy, or with AIDS. Protect your health.
https://joyrulez.com/blogs/179093/Is-Your-Weak-Immune-System-Putting-You-at-Risk-of

#InvasiveAspergillosis #FungalDisease #Neutropenia #OrganTransplant #ChemotherapyRisk #AspergillusMold

Mango growers fear mysterious dieback disease could enter WA
By Jess Baker

Kimberley mango growers are on alert as a mysterious dieback disease decimates crops in the Northern Territory.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-29/wa-growers-protect-against-mango-twig-tip-dieback/105811470

#AgriculturalCrops #FungalDisease #JessBaker

Normally, I would tell folks to #LeaveTheLeaves, but if they are infected with #FungalDisease, it's best to dispose of them in the trash (or burn them, but not with #Drought conditions).

"Late-Season Leaf Spots and Blotches

If the leaves of trees look a bit ragged at this time of year, that’s because they have made it through an entire growing season of biotic attacks from insects and disease and potentially adverse abiotic conditions (non-living conditions related to weather, mechanical damage). The good news is the leaves have made it this far and they have achieved a large proportion of the work (photosynthesis) they were intended to do. Thus, even unsightly late-season leaf spots and blotches are of minor concern. Thankfully, we can begin the process of minimizing leaf damage next year by our actions in the coming months. In addition to late-season leaf spots and blotches, many more damaging fungal leaf pathogens can be present on leaves this time of year that never expanded or spread due to host defenses or dry weather conditions. So, cleaning up and removing dead and shed plant material in fall is a good way to limit sources of infection for next year. This is of course not practical in forest settings. In such cases it is worth remembering that native fungal pathogens are an ever-present, natural part of Maine’s forest ecosystem that only represent a problem when host susceptibility and environmental conditions combine in such a way to cause disease."

Source: Email newsletter from the #Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry

Larch that are turning brown should recover

Cross-posted from the North Fork Trails website . . .

Several folks have voiced alarm that a lot of larch are turning brown in the Red Meadow and Moose creek drainages. Elliott Meyer, Silviculture Forester for the Flathead National Forest’s Hungry Horse/Glacier View and Spotted Bear Ranger Districts, offered this explanation:

“I have been working up the North Fork this summer and have seen the same thing as far south as Coal Creek. What you are seeing is larch needle cast (Meria laricis). It is a fungal disease that forms during certain spring weather patterns. Larch are quite resilient to it due to the fact that they are deciduous. Often, it is common that trees shed infected needles and then re-sprout healthy ones within the same growing season. Trees can look pretty rough during an infection, but it rarely to never kills mature trees — though it can kill seedlings and saplings on rare occasions. Typically, the worst effect is a temporary reduction in tree growth. I remember a few years back when the west side of Hungry Horse Reservoir had a severe outbreak and you would never know looking at the area now. …I feel confident the trees should fully recover within a year or two. Please keep me posted if the issue persists and I will be happy to swing by and give a more thorough look.”

#fungalDisease #larchNeedleCast #WesternLarch

Larch that are turning brown should recover

Western larch leaves

Several folks have voiced alarm that a lot of larch are turning brown in the Red Meadow and Moose creek drainages. Elliott Meyer, Silviculture Forester for the Flathead National Forest’s Hungry Horse/Glacier View and Spotted Bear Ranger Districts, offered this explanation:

“I have been working up the North Fork this summer and have seen the same thing as far south as Coal Creek. What you are seeing is larch needle cast (Meria laricis). It is a fungal disease that forms during certain spring weather patterns. Larch are quite resilient to it due to the fact that they are deciduous. Often, it is common that trees shed infected needles and then re-sprout healthy ones within the same growing season. Trees can look pretty rough during an infection, but it rarely to never kills mature trees — though, it can kill seedlings and saplings on rare occasions. Typically, the worst effect is a temporary reduction in tree growth. I remember a few years back when the west side of Hungry Horse Reservoir had a severe outbreak and you would never know looking at the area now. …I feel confident the trees should fully recover within a year or two. Please keep me posted if the issue persists and I will be happy to swing by and give a more thorough look.”

#fungalDisease #larchNeedleCast #WesternLarch

Deadly Fungus Spreads Through Europe as Temperatures Rise

As global temperatures continue to rise, scientists are sounding the alarm about an emerging threat: the rapid spread of potentially deadly Aspergillus fungi.

With the climate crisis driving warmer and more humid conditions, certain fungal diseases, once confined to tropical regions, are making their way into temperate zones across Europe, posing significant health risks to humans and wildlife.

#climate #fungaldisease #Aspergillus

https://www.newsweek.com/deadly-fungus-spreads-through-europe-temperatures-rise-2068599

Dust devil: Climate change may be driving an expansion of Valley fever, a deadly fungal infection spread by airborne spores

"In several counties of both Arizona and California where cases had been relatively rare, disease incidence has increased dramatically during the past 5 to 10 years."
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"The average delay between seeking medical care and being diagnosed with Valley fever is 38 days. More than half of patients see a provider three or more times before anyone thinks of testing them. Because results can take days to weeks to come back, patients may disappear in the meantime. What’s more, the disease is a great masquerader. It can appear to be a skin infection called cellulitis and has regularly been misdiagnosed as tuberculosis. One patient in Phoenix, 69-year-old Lori Doemland, had no symptoms apart from loss of balance and muscle spasms when she got the disease in 2021. A doctor suggested to her husband that she see a psychiatrist."
#coccidioidomycosis #fungalDisease #Climate #ValleyFever https://www.science.org/content/article/climate-change-may-be-driving-spread-deadly-fungus-u-s-southwest

"Working in the microbiology field you might be familiar with outbreaks and health care associated infections (HAI). What about linens in health care? What outbreaks have been associated with health care linens (HCLs)? Are there any regulations regarding their use? What about the MOULD study? Luis is joined by Dr. Alex Sundermann to talk about HCLs, regulations, mold-associated outbreaks, and more."

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/169-health-care-linens-outbreaks-and-more/id1569467721?i=1000681043732

#PublicHealth #Infectiousdisease #Infectiousdiseases #FungalDisease