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Acer type tree - help to identify fungus

AgentJRAgentJR Posts: 11
edited May 2020 in Problem solving
Hi

We have a very old tree which has developed some sort of fungus on parts of it’s trunk/branches. Please see photos.

Could anyone please advise as to what it could be and how to treat it?

Thank you in advance. 


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  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    It's not fungus - it's lichen and nothing to worry about.

    Billericay - Essex

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    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • AgentJRAgentJR Posts: 11
    Oh that’s a relief Pete.8 - thank you so much for your quick response!
  • KeenOnGreenKeenOnGreen Posts: 1,831
    That looks like the Cherry Plum trees we have outside our house.  If correct, you can eat the fruit.
  • AgentJRAgentJR Posts: 11
    Hi KeenOnGreen - We’ve always referred to it as an acer as we weren’t sure. Appreciate it’s leaves are not like a typical acer/maple shape. Doesn’t flower or fruit though.
  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    Yes KOG is quite right - def not an acer, I'm sure someone here will be able to identify it though... hopefully

    Billericay - Essex

    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,385
    Looks like a Copper Beech (Fagus sylvatica f. purpurea)

    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
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