Bark Beetle Book Vol. XXXIII: Hyphae, 2020, artist book, 14 x 6 x 8 in. / 35.56 x 15.24 x 20.32 cm.

Bark Beetle Book Vol. XXXIII: Hyphae, Suze Woolf, 2020, artist book, 14 x 6 x 8 in. / 35.56 x 15.24 x 20.32 cm.

Half-round log with beetle galleries, handmade and commercial papers, abaca fiber between abaca folios. Hyphae are microrhyzal tendrils of fungi carried by bark beetles, allowing the insects to digest wood. The fungi produce the "blue stain" in beetle-killed wood, hence blue end papers.