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  • Sapwood rot 1

    Credit: M. Grabowski, University of Minnesota

  • Sapwood rot 2

    Credit: M. Grabowski, University of Minnesota

  • Sapwood rot 3

    Credit: M. Grabowski, University of Minnesota

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green arrowSapwood rot
Schizophyllum commune, Cerenna unicolor, Trametes versicolor

  • Dead branches within the canopy
  • Yellowing to brown leaves may be present
  • Groups or rows of small (<2 inches wide) semi-circle shelf fungi along killed branches or on the main trunk, often near cracks or wounds
  • Schizophyllum shelf fungi are white and appear fuzzy on top
  • Cerrena fungi are white to greenish grey and have concentric rings on the surface
  • Trametes shelf fungi are tan to brown with darker rings
  • Wood below fungal shelves is yellowish to white, spongy, crumbly and decayed
  • Bark around fungal shelves is killed and often falls off
  • Common on trees stressed by drought, winter injury, wounds, mechanical injury or other factors
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  • Valsa canker 1

    Credit: Randy Nelson, University of Minnesota Extension

  • Valsa canker 2

    Credit: Randy Nelson, University of Minnesota Extension

  • Valsa canker 3

    Credit: Randy Nelson, University of Minnesota Extension

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green arrowValsa canker
Valsa sordida

  • Leaves on random branches wilt, turn yellow then brown
  • Random dead branches seen throughout the canopy
  • Sunken irregulary-elongated cankers with cracked bark at the edges occur on branches or the main trunk
  • On thick barked trees, cankers may not be visible
  • In wet weather curled tendrils of orange spores emerge from pimple-like fungal structures within infected branches
  • Common on trees stressed by drought, winter injury, wounds, insect feeding or other factors
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  • Poplar and willow borer 1

    Credit: M. Ostry, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org

  • Poplar and willow borer 2

    Credit: G. Csoka, Hungary Forest Research Institute, Bugwood.org

  • Poplar and willow borer 3

    Credit: M. Zubrik, Forest Research Institute, Slovakia, Bugwood.org

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green arrowPoplar and willow borer
Cryptorhynchus lapathi

  • Frass pushed out of openings in wood
  • Sap seeps from openings
  • Trunks become crooked and misshapen
  • Random shoots sprout along deformity
  • Damage most common on willow and poplar (except for quaking aspen), particularly young trees 1"- 4" diameter
  • Larvae are C-shaped, cream-colored and approx. ΒΌ inch long
  • More information on Poplar and willow borer...

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