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  • Weeping conk
    October 7, 2024

    Wood-Decay Fungi, Part 2: Identifying Important Species

    By CHELSI ABBOTT, MSc

    In part 1 of this article, “Wood-Decay Fungi, Part 1: Understanding Morphology,” which ran in the February 2024 issue of TCI Magazine, we covered fungal anatomy and the various identifying characteristics of fungi. These include shape and form, parasites [...]

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  • wood decay_web
    October 7, 2024

    Wood-Decay Fungi, Part 2: Identifying Important Species

    By CHELSI ABBOTT, MSc

    In this presentation, we’ll look at which characteristics help identify some of the fungi that can create hazardous trees for arborists. We’ll also look at fungal management and managing client expectations for trees with wood-decay rot. This pre-recorded video [...]

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  • Pseudoinonotus dryadaeus, or weeping conk
    February 1, 2024

    Wood-Decay Fungi Part 1: Understanding Morphology

    By CHELSI ABBOTT, MSc

    In this article, we are going to talk about fungal anatomy as well as how and where fungi (fun’ ji) attack trees, and how that in turn affects the trees and us. When we’re looking at a tree that’s infected [...]

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