Koa wilt it starts to produce microconidia, eventually clogging the xylem. Once the Koa tree dies, the fungus invades all tissues and, upon reaching the dead plant surface, sporulates profusely producing macroconidia and chlamydospores. The fungus can survive saprophytically in the soil, as either mycelium or as any of its three spore types mentioned. The chlamydospores, as the resting spores, survive the longest in the soils, usually under cold conditions. Koa trees occupy dry to mesic areas on the islands of Kauaʻi, Oʻahu, Molokaʻi, Lānaʻi, Maui, and Hawaiʻi in elevations of 80 to 8,000 feet with 0 to 100 inches of rain.
Koa Kannon no graves and thus no patrons under the danka system except for the surviving family of the seven war criminals. Koa Kannon is always requesting general help since the only thing maintaining the temple is offering money from visitors, volunteers, and members of support groups. One such association is the Koa Kannon Support Group, which was founded in 1942 by its first president Iwane Matsui and is preserved primarily by local devotees in Atami. There was in addition the Society to Protect the Koa Kannon which was established in 1994, but due to a scandal involving some of its board