Lichens survive in a very wide range of habitats worldwide. Amazingly, more than 400 species can be found in Maryland.
If you take a close look at some of the more established trees in your landscape, you may notice something you cannot seem to describe – it may look to you like a kind of fungus on your tree trunk. Is ...
In most Chicago suburbs, you can’t drive a block without seeing a spruce tree. Norway spruce, blue spruce and white spruce are among the most popular trees in the area, prized for their winter color ...
Q: I recently noticed a black, tar-like patch on my tree trunk, though it’s not tacky like actual tar. Are these insect eggs? Dried sap? Do I try to scrape it off? The tree has lichen but I don’t ...
Mushrooms commonly grow in lawns and gardens; you've likely seen mushrooms cropping up on your lawn after a long period of rain. Mushrooms are the visible fruiting bodies of fungi. They provide an ...
An interesting amber-colored mushroom is showing up in many gardens. It’s actually kind of pretty, but it’s scaring some folks, especially when tree care companies and arborists report that it is ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Trees produce antibodies against harmful fungi. But bark beetles absorb these antibodies and use them to their own advantage. And ...
Your tree could be dying from the inside out. Mushrooms are excellent in soup, stir-fry, spaghetti sauce, and pizza. While mushrooms are great to use in the kitchen, spotting them in the garden on a ...
If you’re having trouble with your trees or woody shrubs, the first call you should make is to an arborist. A certified arborist has specialty education in trees and the latest information on how to ...
KUSA — Researchers at Colorado State University think they have found a solution to the ever-growing problem of peach trees dying due to cytospora: spraying latex paint and the fungicide Topsin.
The list of diseases attacking trees in the Pacific Northwest grows every year. A pathogen new to Pierce County brings an added concern: It can injure people. A research project using citizen ...
If you take a close look at some of the more established trees in your landscape, you may notice something you cannot seem to describe – it may look to you like a kind of fungus on your tree trunk. Is ...