All that black tissue is lined with these flask-like fruit bodies called perithecia.” Xylaria are incredibly opportunistic and can release these spores for several months or even years.

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The perithecia soon rupture, releasing scads of windborne spores, hence the reason for the fungal reprogramming of the victim: to force it into a breezier location for successful spore dispersal.

A recognized cause of this disease is a fungus, Ceratocystis ficicola, which is transmitted by an ambrosia beetle, Euwallacea interjectus.