Assertion: elm bark beetle | /r/CapableOf | drop fungal spores
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text: When the elm bark beetle comes to feed and reproduce in the trunk of a tree, it drops fungal spores, which the tree attempts to quarantine by closing off newly-infected parts of its circulatory system—effectively shutting off the flow of water and nutrients to any limb that depends on that part of the tree’s vascular system.