- Author: Elaine Lander
Published on: August 23, 2019
Landscape trees provide welcome shade, fruit, homes for wildlife, and even a place for kids to climb. But if the wood is damaged, disease-causing fungi can infect the tree. A number of fungal diseases decay wood in both tree branches and trunks, weakening and sometimes killing the tree. Wood decay can be hazardous when infected branches and trunks fall.
Wood decay usually affects older trees but with careful cultivation, you can reduce the impact of wood decay disease. You can spot fruiting bodies of a wood decay fungus,...
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