Q: I am worried about the grayish-green, flaky, roundish spots I am seeing on big tree trunks and branches this spring. I can scratch it off with my fingernails. I think that it is killing my trees.

Now that deciduous trees are bare, trunks and branches have taken center stage, and you might be noticing nuances and irregularities that evaded your attention over the summer. For instance, what are ...

Now that deciduous trees are bare, trunks and branches have taken center stage, and you might be noticing nuances and irregularities that evaded your attention over the summer. For instance, what are ...

Answer: That orange growth is lichen, not a rust pathogen. Lichen do not harm the tree or shrub in any way. They tend to grow only on that outer bark and stay there, not growing deeper into live ...

The presence of lichen or moss on backyard trees can understandably be concerning at first. Lichen is a combination of algae and fungus that lives on any number of solid, undisturbed surfaces, ...

EAST TEXAS (KLTV/KTRE) - Often is heard, “That green and grey fungus is killing my tree! See there? It’s all over those limbs!” The “fungus” referred to is probably lichen. Lichens are often blamed ...

Over the course of many years working with trees, hundreds of people have asked me about “that stuff” growing on the bark, or hanging from the branches of trees. What is it? Is it a disease? Is it ...