Sooty Bark Disease

[A Pettersen-Firewood&Chip]

Just seen my first Sycamore with this disease. The tree is completely dead and amongst a row of other sycamores which have bark peeling but no visible signs of the disease.

 

My questions is: how easy is it for this disease to spread? It says to wear masks and burn the diseased wood. But cutting with a saw will surely spread the spores wont it?

 

What are your thoughts?

[Jesse]

Just seen my first Sycamore with this disease. The tree is completely dead and amongst a row of other sycamores which have bark peeling but no visible signs of the disease.

 

My questions is: how easy is it for this disease to spread? It says to wear masks and burn the diseased wood. But cutting with a saw will surely spread the spores wont it?

 

What are your thoughts?

Most of the trees, Sycamores , located close by will have it, top tip, now all the leaves have dropped, go and look at the trees again, this time, dont worry about looking for bark showing , look up in the crowns of the trees, look for random patches of brown retained leaves still attached to the branches, on those trees you see them they have it, all be it in whats called its latent form and can remain in that latent form for many years ,Cryptostroma corticale only other way to see it apart from when the bark shows is when you fell the tree black staining across the rings.

[Jesse]

Most of the trees, Sycamores , located close by will have it, top tip, now all the leaves have dropped, go and look at the trees again, this time, dont worry about looking for bark showing , look up in the crowns of the trees, look for random patches of brown retained leaves still attached to the branches, on those trees you see them they have it, all be it in whats called its latent form and can remain in that latent form for many years ,Cryptostroma corticale only other way to see it apart from when the bark shows is when you fell the tree black staining across the rings.

Should have said, this is what you will see on living trees.

[PeteB]

I got told some 20 years ago by someone from Hinckley and Bosworth that the diseases status of "notifiable" had been dropped as by the time it was visible, it was too late and the spoors had been blown through already. They actual advice was fell and chip, as fell and burn on site wasn't practical.

 

Makes good firewood by the time it is noticed tbh.

[Darrin Turnbull]

i've just read that this fungus can cause farmers lung. wear a mask with at least ffp2 protection

[Steve Bullman]

Got a link to that?

 

Can't remember the last time I saw a sycamore with sooty bark disease actually 

[Darrin Turnbull]

Got a link to that?
 
Can't remember the last time I saw a sycamore with sooty bark disease actually 

https://bfw.ac.at/ws/sdis.schadenstyp_e?sdis_id_in=119

It can grow on logs .

Maybe it’s more on the continent .

Still to good know about ( medical risk ).