Ohia trees are dying rapidly, Why?

[HereOnThePrimalEdge]

If some exotic fungus arrived as ROD in Puna it was most likely on some travelers shoes

Or...
Coquis came in on tropical flower plants from Puerto Rico.
Fire ants were imported on ornamental plants from who knows where.
Marijuana seeds have been smuggled in from all around the world.
All of those carriers could easily have harbored a fungus, which took hold, and found Ohia trees to be an acceptable host. The pot growers bringing in an existing fungal strain from overseas is far, far, far more likely than an existing fungus mutating due to volcanic emissions which have been naturally venting for hundreds of thousands of years.

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