When you see mushrooms or other fungi growing out of the trunk of a tree, pay attention. It’s a sign that the wood inside the tree is decaying. “It’s something you want to have a professional look at ...

I was walking my puppy in my neighborhood earlier last week when I noticed an usual growth on the side of a large, dormant ...

Q: My poplar tree has a decay cavity in the base of the trunk. My arborist says I should have it cleaned out and filled with concrete. Will draining the cavity and stopping water from entering stop ...

I am frequently asked to look at trees when people have concerns about decay, splits, deadwood or another obvious problem. Structural failure of such trees is a legitimate concern, and they should be ...

A new study in the journal Condor by the New York-based Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and Arkansas State University suggests that a woodpecker's beak is a virtual petri dish of fungal spores ...

Nature recycles forest trees through decay, breaking them down into reusable nutrients. Decaying trees don’t belong in residential areas, where they may fall on people or property. “When tree tissue ...

Nitrogen fixation, as determined by the acetylene reduction technique, was demonstrated in decay columns of western larch and western white pine caused by Phellinus pini, western red cedar caused by ...

This study investigated the factors contributing to the natural decay resistance of 12 Malaysian hardwood species. A 16-week decay test was performed using wood blocks (19 mm × 19 mm × 19 mm) in test ...