The bark of a tree is its own protection against the weather. While we shrug on a coat when it’s wet or cold, a tree will ...

but because smooth patch fungi invade only the nonliving, outer bark tissues, they do not affect the health of the tree. No control measures are needed. The fungal structures may be mistaken for wood ...

Its trunk is rusty red, thickened with ... I saw the big burls at close range. I saw the smooth, purplish bark of the smaller branches. All around me was living tree. I looked up, dizzily ...