DURHAM, N.H.
A little less of a common forest fungus may help bring more of New England's celebrated fall foliage color this year, but warm weather earlier in the year in Georgia and a late summery weather in Ohio may mute the foliage there.Experts in New England say they are seeing less of a disease called Anthracnose, or leaf blight, which is caused by tiny fungi. The fungi make normally green hardwood leaves look brown, black or even scorched. When prevalent, they can make a forest look dingy. Less Anthracnose this season means more chance for a more brilliant season, according to the U.S. Forest Service.
"Last year you could drive through the White Mountains of New Hampshire and for miles, the white birches were noticeably brown," said Margaret Miller-Weeks, a forest health monitoring specialist. "Today throughout New England, the incidence of the disease is drastically less than the previous year."
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