What's this on a lime?

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

honey would be my best bet at this stage from these photos, honey can be pretty harmless on a healthy tree, following branch tissues from root to limb as limbs become redundant and die back. Pholiota is another "squarosus" but stays fairly low 99% of the time but seen it up to 3-4metres

[Paul Smith]

This was at least 20 foot from the ground, smelly as well!

[treeseer]

Another guess is no parasitic activity. There are no signs of honey or Kd, so it seems quite a leap to theorize their presence. A big wound is rotting, that's all.

[Paul Smith]

I think these limes have certainly had there day and are over mature. The amount of dead in them is very worrying, very large pieces and limbs!

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Another guess is no parasitic activity. There are no signs of honey or Kd, so it seems quite a leap to theorize their presence. A big wound is rotting, that's all.

 

I was going to suggest that the black tar could be residue from bacterial action, which now fits cos of the smell.

 

Guy, I work through things from the most obvious common clearest first, oh tell you what, lets offer you some more action shots.

 

post em in the diary for ya.

[Fungus]

A big wound is rotting, that's all.

 

Simultaneous white rot without the mycelium of at least one saprotrophic macrofungus causing it (without fruiting yet) ???

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Simultaneous white rot without the mycelium of at least one saprotrophic macrofungus causing it (without fruiting yet) ???

 

 

Well apparently guys evaluation is good enough! rot is rot apparently!

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

I think these limes have certainly had there day and are over mature. The amount of dead in them is very worrying, very large pieces and limbs!

 

that is quite usual for an over mature lime, but do not assume its days are numbered, thats bad thinking. Its just a life stage, a stage which for limes certainly is a long long way from the final chapter.

[Paul Smith]

I've recommended a pollard and see what it does.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

I've recommended a pollard and see what it does.

 

I will bet it thrives, thats a good call:thumbup1: