Q: I have a pine tree on the edge of my lawn that has clusters of mushrooms coming up around the base of the trunk. My friend told me these mushrooms are a sign that the tree has rotting roots and ...

Root and butt rot is one of the most common forms of tree disease affecting hardwoods. Many fungi are capable of causing root rots and some cause considerable decay of the butts of trees as well ...

That makes annosus root rot a problem in thinned pine plantations. The fungus produces conks that form at the root collar on the roots of living or dead trees and on stumps or slashes. 5 ...

Purdue Landscape Report: Inonotus dryadeus is one of the more common wood decay fungi we receive at the diagnostic lab in association with declining trees, specifically oaks. Inonotus is found so ...

One of the uglier mushrooms to find on trees, Chaga fungus (Inonotus obliquus), looks like a dark, crusty, rough bump jutting ...

All palms, as well as cycads, are susceptible to Ganoderma butt rot, a fatal disease with no known cure.

Although the fungus is rare on Guam, it has been found on flame trees in the 1990s and on the avocado tree in 2016. When spotting brown root rot fungus, note that it can grow in residential areas ...

Unfortunately for the white oak, this fungus is a live-rot root-rot fungus. Meaning that while the tree is alive, the fungus is actively decaying the roots and the heartwood in the lower portion ...

Avocados are notoriously hard to grow particularly in heavy soil (clay). This video shows a great example of how to plant an avocado tree in heavy clay and keep it from dying due to root rot or other ...

The fungus lives as a network of very fine fibers that penetrate the wood and consume its nutrients, causing it to break down. “If only one branch is rotting, we can just remove the branch ...

The fungus that causes the disease is distributed throughout the states of Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina. All palms, as well as cycads, are susceptible to Ganoderma butt rot, a fatal ...