The Digüeñe is a strict and specific parasite of Nothofagus, mainly Nothofagus obliqua trees and cause canker-like galls on branches from which the fruiting bodies emerge between spring and early summer.
Trees cultivated from material collected from Ñuble, which is the provenance closest to the Equator, were the most damaged by frosts.
Nothofagus | Nothofagus dombeyi | Nothofagus nitida | Nothofagus antarctica | Nothofagus alpina | nothofagus | Eucalyptus obliqua | Nothofagus obliqua |