Are my trees dying ?

[openspaceman]

37 minutes ago, Mollymoppet said:

Can you see any critters  from the images ? 

No they are tiny and as I said may have completed their life cycle.

 

I looked up this old thread which shows similar damage.

 

[Mollymoppet]

Ah right I see, thank you so much, very helpful ! 

[Rushes]

Can some of you other more expert express a view if this might be honey fungus taking hold after the tree had a bad year in 2018.

The lack of airborne damage points me to look underground.

Edited June 15, 2019 by Rushes

[Stere]

Conifer don't usually recover once its gone that brown/dead?

 

 

[Paul Cleaver]

11 hours ago, Rushes said:

Can some of you other more expert express a view if this might be honey fungus taking hold after the tree had a bad year in 2018.

The lack of airborne damage points me to look underground.

I don't think so Rushes. Honey fungus tends to pick off odd trees now and again - not all the trees at once. The usual scenario is a dead tree or stump invested by HF, then the rhizomorphs spread from the primary source though the ground picking off odd trees

Edited June 16, 2019 by Paul Cleaver
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[Rushes]

That is so normally the case. There are exceptions. It is unlikely but worth asking.

this is the location of honey fungus that found the right spot, right time, climate, genetic variability and no doubt other things:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/44°28'34.2"N+118°29'05.2"W/@44.4828943,-118.5105176,5266m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d44.4761694!4d-118.4847694

 

And described here:

www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fsbdev3_033146.pdf

 

An interesting case, and worth bringing to attention. I have seen it take 100 year old wisteria and give up, but on the other side decide differently. All curious as to why and how.

 

[richardwale]

they'll be dead in a few months. Too far gone

[Paul Cleaver]

20 hours ago, Rushes said:

That is so normally the case. There are exceptions. It is unlikely but worth asking.

this is the location of honey fungus that found the right spot, right time, climate, genetic variability and no doubt other things:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/44°28'34.2"N+118°29'05.2"W/@44.4828943,-118.5105176,5266m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d44.4761694!4d-118.4847694

 

And described here:

www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fsbdev3_033146.pdf

 

An interesting case, and worth bringing to attention. I have seen it take 100 year old wisteria and give up, but on the other side decide differently. All curious as to why and how.

 

Not convinced m8 - the pattern of the branch death doesn't look right to me. If no critters, drought damage as mentioned, or some fungal disease we haven't covered