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What is this stuff growing on my tree?

4 months ago

last modified: 4 months ago

I have something growing on one of my trees. I'm trying to figure out if it's blight or not, and whether I should have it cut down. Also, is there any way to add pictures here?

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treeguy123

4 months ago

last modified: 4 months ago

It's a species of Exidia , perhaps the Amber Jelly fungus (Exidia recisa). It just feeds on branches that are already dead, it's normal to see these from time to time during wet rainy times on old dead understory branches that are hanging on, or ones that have just fallen off. It doesn't necessarily mean there is a problem with the tree.

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floral_uk z.8/9 SW UK
4 months ago
Click on the photo icon below the text box. But blights don’t grow on trees. They affect the appearance of foliage or stems but are not separate growths.
Patrick Smith
Original Author
4 months ago
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Patrick Smith
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4 months ago
Patrick Smith
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4 months ago
ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
4 months ago
where did you come up with that term???

how about a pic of the whole tree ... lets ID the tree ... provide a big city location ... is it on one branch.. or what.. you really havent given us much to work with here ....

and you just gave us 4 of the same pic ....

ken
gardengal48 (PNW Z8/9)
4 months ago
It looks hugely like Nostoc algae. But I have never seen that grow directly on a tree (although the literatures suggests it can form a symbiotic relationship with plant hosts).

Have you tried just gently rubbing it off? If the Nostoc, it should come off easily and without damaging the tree.
ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
4 months ago
last modified: 4 months ago
It just feeds on branches that are already dead,

==>>

thats the bush i was beating around... lets see the whole tree ...

if the branch is dead ... properly prune it off.. and ipso presto.. problem solved ...

if its the trunk ... then its interior is rotting ... and i should probably be removed .... there is nothing you can do about interior structural rot ....

ken
floral_uk z.8/9 SW UK
4 months ago
The branches in the pictures appear to already be lying on the ground and no longer growing on the tree. Are you saying it's also on the tree itself?
Patrick Smith
Original Author
4 months ago
Thanks everybody. I live in Newport News, Virginia. I'll take pictures of the tree and post them once the snow melts.
Patrick Smith
Original Author
2 months ago
Patrick Smith
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2 months ago
Patrick Smith
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2 months ago
Patrick Smith
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2 months ago
Sorry, I've been super busy with work. Here are pictures of the tree itself.
bengz6westmd
2 months ago
last modified: 2 months ago
Hope your tree isn't an ash, tho it looks too twiggy to be an ash.....
floral_uk z.8/9 SW UK
2 months ago
Agree on a Jelly Fungus. It's not possible to see if there is any of the jelly fungus on the tree itself from those pictures. But your earlier photos definitely show JF. You don't say if the fungus is on the actual tree or just on fallen wood. Normally it would only be on fallen or attached dead wood, not on healthy timber.
Patrick Smith
Original Author
2 months ago
I'll look and verify it's not on the tree. Thanks again for the assistance, I really appreciate it.

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