A disease caused by an ascomycete and spread by bark beetles resulting in wilting and death in trees is the ________ disease.

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Dutch elm disease is caused by the ascomycete fungus Ophiostoma ulmi and is spread by bark beetles. It affects elm trees, causing wilting and eventually death. Chestnut blight is caused by a different fungus (Cryphonectria parasitica) and affects chestnut trees, while corn smut and wheat rust are caused by fungal pathogens that affect corn and wheat plants, respectively. White nose wilt is not a known disease.

A Disease Caused by an Ascomycete and Spread by Bark