Ash Tree (Fraxinus excelsior). Trunk being chainsaw cut to fell a tree which has died. A once healthy tree infiltrated by Chalara fungus (Hymenoscyphu

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Ash Tree (Fraxinus excelsior). Trunk being chainsaw cut to fell a tree which has died. A once healthy tree infiltrated by Chalara fungus (Hymenoscyphus fraxineus), popularly called ash dieback disease. Tree also infected by “King Alfred’s Cakes”, black fruiting bodies of Coal balls, or Carbon Balls, or Fire-starting Fungus (Daldinia concentricia).

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Size: 6720px × 4480px
Photo credit: © Joe Blossom / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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