by Roberto — There are lit­er­ally thou­sands of fun­gal species that cause plant dis­eases and their ef­fects on agri­cul­tural crops ends of cost­ing bil­lions of dol­lars every year. Many of these fun­gal plant pathogens are fas­ci­nat­ing sub­jects for study. Among the many, I have a per­sonal "fa­vorite." I place the word in quotes be­cause I rec­og­nize the odd­ity of la­bel­ing a pathogen...