What grew out of the ground like a 20-foot tree trunk, had no branches or leaves and lived more than 100 million years before the dinosaurs... Skip to content Coronavirus ...

PPDL stated that about 18,000 species of lichens have been described worldwide. The U.S. Forest Service estimates that about 3600 species are in North America. PPDL described three types of lichens: ...

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 ...

Many trees would be lucky to be as beautiful as Ailanthus altissima, also known as tree of heaven, a deciduous tree with quill-shaped leaves, light gray bark, and red-and-yellow-tinted seeds that ...

Dead trees are alive with fungi Species-specific fungal communities colonise dead wood Date: January 9, 2018 Source: Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ ...

Discover the major common tree diseases in the United States. Armillaria attacks both hardwoods and softwoods and causes either yellowing leaves or browning needles. Wood that is decaying from ...

Some species of fig trees store calcium carbonate in their trunks—essentially turning themselves (partially) into stone, new ...

Bark beetles are a type of insect found around the world that feed and breed inside trees (SN: 12/17/10).In recent years, several bark beetle species have aggressively attacked forests from North ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) – Weird spots have been popping up on maple leaves throughout New York that has left some people worried. You may have been noticing brown and black spots on your maple ...

If the tree smells like mushrooms or you can see white fan-shaped mycelia — thin, flat sheets of fungal tissue — growing below the bark, the tree is infected with the Armillaria fungi. If your ...