Sycamore disease help

[PatrickFirwood]

Hi 

 

I'm looking for some help/advise regarding a large amount of dead sycamore trees in my landlords woodlands. I've attached some photos below, it looks to me like sooty bark disease? 

 

Just wanted to confirm if this is sooty bark disease, as we are due to be removing all these dead trees and processing them for firewood.

 

Hopefully someone can offer some advice. 

 

Thanks! 

 

[Stubby]

Could be sooty bark disease . 

[rosscoyorks]

AA Teccie (Paul) may (apologies if it wasn’t!) may have put a Coshh assessment on here before re Sooty Bark. If stem and canopy collapse don’t get you the spores will

[Khriss]

Up and coming. Arb magazine 193,  worse than i thought, k