Helping you get rid

of common tree pests

Known as 'chicken of the woods' (Laetiporus) because of it's chickeny taste when eaten, this common fungus can be identified by its orange or yellow colouring. It forms in fan shapes on tree trunks during late summer through to October. It grows most commonly on the wounds of trees and will produce brown rot in it's host.

Honey Fungus (Armillaria) appears as groups of honey coloured toadstools at the bottom of infected trees and plants in the autumn. When the toadstools are not present, you'll notice symptoms including a failure to flower, early autumnal colour and cracking and bleeding of the bark. 

Shaggy bracket (Basidiomycotina) presents as a rounded bracket shape fungus on the trunk or main branches of trees during the autumn. The fungus causes rot inside the tree and can eventually cause the tree to be unstable.

Meripulus Giganteus, also known as Giant Polypore, infects trees through wounds or damaged section of trees. It will then grow inside the tree causing rot and decay. It presents as symptoms like dieback or loss of leaves as well as, but not always, a furled fruiting fungus.