[APWG] Native fungi might be there, and need to depost them at ATCC

[Craig Dremann - Redwood City Seed Company]

Dear Wayne and All,

If we discover a native fungus that attacks a particular exotic weed here
in the USA and Hawaii, that should be a good thing?

And the strain of fungus that is effective,  may be a very rare thing,
like what the second patent describes about looking for the fungus that
attacks knapweed, and found only one plant out of 1200 being attacked, on
a volcanic cinder cone:

"Nearly two months of intense searching through several counties in
southwestern Montana and an examination of about twelve hundred plants
culminated in the discovery of a seriously compromised plant on the
northern slope of Big Butte, a five hundred foot cinder cone in Butte,
Montana. Approximately thirty percent of the aerial leaves and ninety
percent of the flowers of the plant were covered by either black fungal
growth or dark brown, weeping lesions."

At least a discovery like that, and the potential discovery regarding the
Microstegium  should be deposited at ATCC so future research could be
done, to see how effect and safe it is for the rest of the native
ecosystem.

Sincerely,  Craig Dremann (650) 325-7333