Girdling Roots

Trees planted too deep tend to get girdling roots. Like a houseplant rootbound in a pot the roots circle and cut off the vascular part of the tree. #savetrees #japanesemaple #ilovetrees #rootcollarexcavation #rootflair #garden #landscape #win #japanesegarden #acer #smalltrees #bloodgood

Check out this impressively chonky cluster of #HoneyMushrooms or #Armillaria, most likely part of the #Armillariamellea species complex. These Honey mushrooms have a thick stem with a ring (annulus) and white spores They are strongly parasitic mushrooms that use weaponized mycelium (Rhizomorphs) to creep between the bark of wood of a tree, cutting off the flow of the xylem and floem, effectively girdling and killing the tree. After killing the tree, they use white rot wood decay enzymes to break

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