Mortality from Caloscypha fulgens and Other Fungi on Spruce Seed in Oregon and Washington. Robert D. Harvey, Jr., Forester, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Insect and Disease Management, Portland, OR 97208. Plant Dis. 64:223-224. Accepted for publication 26 September 1979. This article is in the public domain and not copyrightable. It may be freely reprinted with customary crediting of the source. The American Phytopathological Society, 1980. DOI: 10.1094/PD-64-223.

Geniculodendron pyriforme, the imperfect state of Caloscypha fulgens, caused mortality of Engelmann and Sitka spruce in Oregon and Washington. This fungus killed 0.4–4.8% of the seeds in 13.4% of the seed lots. Twenty-one genera of fungi were isolated from samples of 67 seed lots, and most of these also caused seed mortality under laboratory conditions.