CarolineP

Thank you for your thoughts. We don’t think it’s honey fungus but we’re no experts! The replacement tree would (ideally) go in the hole that the chestnut is removed from.

Hello, After many years of slow decline, our beautiful horse chestnut has died. We believe it was due to the fungus R. ulmarius (the bracket fungus was white on the outside and orange on the inside). We’re planning on having the dead tree removed and want to plant a replacement tree. My concern is this: could the fungus damage newly planted trees? We are currently thinking of planting either a silver birch or a hornbeam. Any advice gratefully received as we are novice gardeners…