Internal tree decay sometimes presents as Ganoderma, a type of fungus that enters a tree through wounded root tissue. Mushrooms, conks and other plate- or shelf-like structures are rarely good signs ...

Due to the ever-growing popularity of palms throughout Brevard County, I thought it would be a good idea to share a previous article. Some landscapes have a few palms and then other yards are filled ...

This is what’s known as butt rot. The mushroom-like conks at the base of a palm tree are the distinguishing symptom and indicate your palm tree can’t be saved. One University of Florida researcher is ...

After the recent column about Ganoderma butt rot of palms, several folks wrote about rots of other trees. Cliff from Stuart asked, 'I read your article about Ganoderma with interest. A similar growth ...

It didn’t take a hurricane to knock a 50-foot royal palm onto Garry Bonner’s Lighthouse Point home, just some gusty December winds and an unnoticed fungus that rotted the tree from the inside. The ...

This article is for everyone who has at least one palm growing in their yard. Palms are a popular ornamental, but nutritional deficiencies and diseases are not uncommon here in Florida. All palms, as ...

The artist’s conk (Ganoderma applanatum) is very common in these parts, especially in Maine, growing on sugar maples and other hardwoods. They are best known for their use as artist’s canvases, hence ...

https://doi.org/10.2307/3807846 • https://www.jstor.org/stable/3807846 Copy URL Older conks of Ganoderma applanatum were observed to have a whitened appearance in ...

There used to be a time in Northeast Florida when we had very limited choices when it came to choosing a palm tree to plant in our landscapes. The palms we had were relatively hardy and fairly easy to ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Every so often, the observant naturalist will ...

The artist’s conk (Ganoderma applanatum) is very common in these parts, especially in Maine, growing on sugar maples and other hardwoods. They are best known for their use as artist’s canvases, hence ...

The artist’s conk (Ganoderma applanatum) is very common in these parts, especially in Maine, growing on sugar maples and other hardwoods. They are best known for their use as artist’s canvases, hence ...