Two images from the field show a chestnut sprout and a closeup of the fungus. The canker fungus, Cryphonectria parasitica, is responsible for widespread loss of American chestnut trees from the forest ...

Forestry Research is reporting cases of sweet chestnut blight in Devon A new outbreak of a tree disease has been identified in Devon and has sparked an appeal for people to check their trees. Forestry ...

With Thanksgiving approaching, many of us will be sitting down to hearty feasts with family and friends. Time-tested recipes on worn index cards or heavily thumbed cookbooks are combed ...

The occurrence of multiple introductions may be a crucial factor in the successful establishment of invasive species, but few studies focus on the introduction of fungal pathogens, despite their ...

Maybe you've tasted chestnuts roasting over an open fire, but have you ever heard of the tragedy of the American chestnut? This species, Castanea dentata, is effectively extinct -- thanks to the ...

In this and my next two essays, I’d like to explore: (A.) How, in the first half of the 20th century, Americans unintentionally made an absolute hash of the deciduous forests of Eastern North America; ...

Few who delve into the annals of American biological history have not lamented over the loss of the American chestnut (Castanae dentata). For 40 million years these stately trees ran the gamut of the ...

Hot on the heels of ash dieback, it seems that sweet chestnuts are now under threat. This week, the UK government announced that it was to ban imports of sweet chestnut saplings from foreign nurseries ...

Prior to 1904, the American chestnut (Castanea dentata) was widespread throughout the eastern United States, especially the Appalachian Mountains. It was so common that, in some woodlands, chestnuts ...

An inspiring US campaign to restore the mighty chestnut to its eastern forests points the way to saving at-risk species in the UK If you move south through the US Appalachian region, between New York ...