A disease of plants caused by a fungus, in this case potatoes. One outbreak was responsible for the great Irish Potato Famine of the 1800s. Because the Irish diet was dependent on this one crop, widespread starvation resulted. It caused many Irish to migrate to escape the misery.

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A disease of plants caused by a fungus, in this case potatoes. One outbreak was responsible for the great Irish Potato Famine of the 1800s. Because the Irish diet was dependent on this one crop, widespread starvation resulted. It caused many Irish to migrate to escape the misery.