EAST TEXAS (KLTV/KTRE) - Often is heard, “That green and grey fungus is killing my tree! See there? It’s all over those limbs!” The “fungus” referred to is probably lichen. Lichens are often blamed ...

NACOGDOCHES, Texas (KTRE) - Often, I get the inquiry about that “green and grey fungus that is killing my tree.” At this time of the year when most leaves are off trees and shrubs, these growths are ...

Lichen grow harmlessly on tree trunks and no control is needed. In fact, presence of lichens on healthy trees should be welcomed as likely positive indicators of lower levels of air pollution and a ...

If you take a close look at some of the more established trees in your landscape, you may notice something you cannot seem to describe – it may look to you like a kind of fungus on your tree trunk. Is ...

'British soldier' lichen growing on rock. (Clay Wollney) For the most part, lichens growing on trees is a good thing, not harmful to the trees. However, weak or dying trees may have a lot of lichens, ...

Q: I am worried about the grayish-green, flaky, roundish spots I am seeing on big tree trunks and branches this spring. I can scratch it off with my fingernails. I think that it is killing my trees.

Now that deciduous trees are bare, trunks and branches have taken center stage, and you might be noticing nuances and irregularities that evaded your attention over the summer. For instance, what are ...

Now that deciduous trees are bare, trunks and branches have taken center stage, and you might be noticing nuances and irregularities that evaded your attention over the summer. For instance, what are ...

I know many of us want winter to come to an end, but I would like just one more good snowstorm. I love all seasons, but I need a little more of that winter bleakness in the woods, primarily to help me ...

This is the first part of Rob Zimmer's Wildlife in Winter series that will continue all season long. Learn all about the wonders of wildife in winter, as well as some of the best places to view winter ...

What could possibly be inspiring about that green stuff covering Oregon’s trees? What could possibly be inspiring about that green stuff covering Oregon’s trees? Lichen is a an ecological wonder that ...