Property Owners Should Take Mushrooms Seriously

Have you noticed mushrooms growing on your property’s trees? If so, better call a tree care professional. Depending on the type of mushroom, it could spell trouble for your beloved tree. Certified arborists know which tree mushrooms are nothing to worry about and which ones are causes for great concern. If it is a worrisome mushroom, total tree removal may be the safest option available.

So which mushrooms should prompt calls to a tree care company? A few at the top of the list are white, brown and soft rot bark mushrooms. They are all capable of killing trees in their own way. For example, brown rot generally causes damaged tree limbs to crumble apart in certified arborists’ hands, whereas holding white rot affected branches is a lot like hanging on to a kitchen sponge.

Soft rot, on the other hand, isn’t always immediately visible to the untrained eye because it generally creates minor exterior discoloration. However, it has the potential to pave the way for internal fissures and hollows to form over time. Those fissures and hollows, in turn, could develop white or brown rot, along with other life-threatening problems. As such, tree companies led by certified arborists take soft rot just as serious as they do the brown and white varieties.

The feel of the wood is not the only thing a tree company’s certified arborists take into consideration when analyzing mushroom growth. They also take note of where the mushrooms are located, the extent of the fungi infestation and why the colony likely established in or on the tree in the first place. Oftentimes, the fungi take hold after summer storm damage or accidental injuries caused by routine lawn care.

To have the mushrooms growing in, on or around your properties’ trees examined by a certified arborist, contact your local Birmingham AL tree care professional today.