> An estimated 430 million of the trees can still be found in the forests of the American East. But more than 80 percent of these trees never grow past an inch

> An estimated 430 million of the trees can still be found in the forests of the American East. But more than 80 percent of these trees never grow past an inch or so in diameter. It sounds so solvable. It must be hard to keep the wind-borne fungus spores from spreading. Guessing this fungus is everywhere.