Anyone seen this before?

[Tom D]

Lawsons Cypress, one stem almost dead with a heavy coating of fungus emerging from cracks in the bark, the remaining stems have lesser amounts coming through so will probably succumb soon. Not something I have seen before...

[Andrew Gale]

Photo's?

[Tom D]

Pics missing????

[David Humphries]

Can you email them to me Tom?

 

[email protected]

 

 

 

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[swinny]

Yup pics not on tom

[Tom D]

3rd time lucky

[htb]

Had the same on one 2 yrs ago in Torphins. One trunk showed same symptoms, removed it customer wanted to retain rest of tree, wood was very dry. Next year rest of tree sucomed. Never found out the fungal cause, look forward to daves reply

[skyhuck]

I've seen it, but always assumed the tree was dying of some other cause and the fungi was just saprophytic.

[htb]

I've seen it, but always assumed the tree was dying of some other cause and the fungi was just saprophytic.

 

Could well be. I assumed fungi was affecting(blocking) water transport and the tree died of drought much like DED

[Jesse]

Lawsons Cypress, one stem almost dead with a heavy coating of fungus emerging from cracks in the bark, the remaining stems have lesser amounts coming through so will probably succumb soon. Not something I have seen before...

 

Looks like Amylostereum laevigatum, possible entry point was the historical pruning point. Canker Rot.