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Three Types [ 1 | 2 | 3 ]

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Type 1: 
White PlagueType I (Dustan, 1977) destroys tissue at rates of 3 mm/day.

White Plague Type I

White Plague Type I - Macro

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Type 2: 
White Plague Type II (Richardson et al., 1998) destroys tissue at rates up to 2 cm/day.

White Plague Type II

White Plague Type II

White Plague Type II

White Plague Type II

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Type 3:
White Plague Type III (Richardson, 2000) destroys tissue at dm/day.

 
White Plague Type III

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