Horsechestnut

[Mike Black]

Anyone know what this might be, at the base of this mature Horsechestnut?

Cheers!

[sloth]

Second pic is just lichen, that first pic however looks like bad news for a horse chestnut - Kretzschmaria deusta...

[armybloke]

Without sounding rude, the white 'splodge' looks similar to the splodge a plasterer left on the bricks on my garage wall when he could not find a rag last week - tut!

 

On the same vain then, should it be in proximity to a site where construction folk dwell or wander it make be worth checking; smell, texture etc.

 

Just a thought.

[Drayton tree care]

I though krez was black ? Is there a species that is white

[Andrew Gale]

I though krez was black ? Is there a species that is white

 

The grey fringe is this years initial fruiting structure which'll form during spring/early summer; the black crust then develops to produce what we typically think of as being K. deusta

[Gary Prentice]

The grey fringe is this years initial fruiting structure which'll form during spring/early summer; the black crust then develops to produce what we typically think of as being K. deusta

 

And to be fair, it's not the best picture to identify from. I think the grey is overexposed.

 

A good call by Sloth, from the the picture anyway:thumbup1: