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If there is no visible reduction in strength/stability of the scorched portion, and if the fire was in late 2018, I'd leave it for at...

I can't determine the amount of actual cell death from the degree or extent of bark scorch. Part of the story that underlies those...

Don't give up too soon on the scorched trees. In my research, bark scorch can be extensive without actually killing the vascular cambium...

Thanks ATH, all true. Yes! the Christmas Tree Pest Manual is great for non-specialists and does hit the highlights pretty darn well...

As for books, the two references by Comstock Publishing: "Insects that feed on trees and shrubs" by W.T. Johnson and H.H. Lyon and...

In New England, blue spruce is especially prone to Cytospora canker after they reach some size. Enough so that no one who understands...

I'm not seeing enough of the symptoms. I don't grasp the gravity of the situation. That sounds mean, but I don't intend that. In a...

That’s remarkable JD, I’ve seen sooty mold on aphid honeydew a lot, but this extreme!

What he said!

Egg mass of Fall cankerworm? I'm saying that because of the seemingly highly-ordered arrangement of white-ish eggs. I'll be the first to...

My friends who are "real" mycologists think I'm crazy to offer ID from images people post, especially when the macro-defining...

Ok, I guess I do see a bit of the underside of a bracket in the middle of the image. If that is so, start with Phyllotopsis nidulans. If...

Ha, ha, but what does the underside of the brackets look like? If the undersides lack pores, it's an easy call as Stereum ostrea. If...

Thanks for the support, nice to see you KWolt!

I had a little piece in their newsletter, the link to which I may have already posted: https://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/pubs/57542. I've been...