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Fungus

SeanElec1 · 2023-01-08 10:43:39

Hi, Does anyone know which fungus this is on a Wisteria. The Wisteria is 17 years old, flowers well, but the leaves turned a paler green late autumn and now this has appeared. I applied a bark mulch in the autumn, worried that I might have brought in some trouble.

08-01-2023 10:43am

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SeanElec1

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Hi, Does anyone know which fungus this is on a Wisteria. The Wisteria is 17 years old, flowers well, but the leaves turned a paler green late autumn and now this has appeared. I applied a bark mulch in the autumn, worried that I might have brought in some trouble.

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#2 09-01-2023 8:20am

magicbastarder

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a fungus wouldn't have taken hold in it that quickly, so it's not related to the bark mulch you used.
but i suspect it's not long for the world.

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#3 24-01-2023 6:43pm

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Am I right in saying that the fungus is eating the dead wood. Not causing the dead wood.

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The fungus is deepin with the shrub. You're just seeing the fruiting parts there. The mulch has nothing to do with it.

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#5 24-01-2023 9:51pm

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i assume the question is whether the fungus is just colonising already dead wood, or is the cause of the dead wood. fungus can kill trees; both ash dieback and dutch elm disease are due to fungus.

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