Poplar 'candicans'

[Tree monkey 1682]

The following tree has  developed a strange funghi , 3 years after being reduced  - due to being too close to property , it was an unusual specimen ... any idea of of the fungus on it?  Within two years the barks lifted and its dead .

[Anno]

Looks like Silverleaf?

[Tree monkey 1682]

6 hours ago, Anno said:

Looks like Silverleaf?

Generally not sure , what ever it is its eaten into the bark and also the softwood within two years . Was a very special tree before it was diseased .

[Mick Dempsey]

Many Poplars are like that, will take a hammering, but then pof! Die in a season.

I have seen that on a few of them, always assumed it was a secondary thing, rather than the cause.

Edited Wednesday at 14:09 by Mick Dempsey

[Anno]

there's never really one cause, bit like cancer in humans it is a secondary element that usually causes death - in my mums case a blood clot in her diseased lung.

Pathogens get in usually through wounds or as we call it 'pruning' and pheromones are released which results in many other pathogens and fungi joining in, although it does mean more biodiversity which is never a bad thing.

[Tree monkey 1682]

53 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

Many Poplars are like that, will take a hammering, but then pof! Die in a season.

I have seen that on a few of them, always assumed it was a secondary thing, rather than the cause.

Its the first one ive known of but within two years all the bark on the bottoms gone pulpy,  and the start of the softwood .all the regrowth was dry believe it or not, that said where we are its hot and exposed on a coastal location .

[Tree monkey 1682]

28 minutes ago, Anno said:

there's never really one cause, bit like cancer in humans it is a secondary element that usually causes death - in my mums case a blood clot in her diseased lung.

Pathogens get in usually through wounds or as we call it 'pruning' and pheromones are released which results in many other pathogens and fungi joining in, although it does mean more biodiversity which is never a bad thing.

They had it out as it could of fell back onto the garage, just hope its easy to grub out by hand !

[sime42]

Maybe it was just unlucky. This looks like it should've been able to take everything that was thrown at it. 

 

 

 

Those people know their onions. 

 

 

[Tree monkey 1682]

On 08/04/2026 at 15:57, sime42 said:

Maybe it was just unlucky. This looks like it should've been able to take everything that was thrown at it. 

 

 

 

Those people know their onions. 

 

 

Wasa nice specimen of a tree, did trip up a gardener who worked at Kew,  whe asked about the foliage , and tree type. Was quite hard to research the tree type to start with . Glad it didnt get too large but looking at the tree type the is already things against its survival, like stupidly hot summers and being grown on limestone substrate