Found this growing in the major division in my really tall front yard tree. These mushrooms are huge. I'm fearing that the tree is dying. The tree provides really nice shad and we have a swing for the kids off of one of the branches. Is this salvageable or do I have to find someone to chop it down? Hoping we can keep it up. We live in SE Wisconsin.
I can take closer pictures of the mushrooms if needed.
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Showing there is some rotting wood right there. May not be a super bad surgery though. We treat these like how a dentist treats a cavity. Bore out the rot. Appply treatment and seal it up.
Cerioporus squamosus. Typically found on already dead wood but can be mildly parasitic, especially on maples. Edible when young and tender so at least you have that going for you
All the scaffold limbs arising from a small area? Asking for trouble.
Depends on your perspective.
pay attention to the leaf retention in the crown and if you notice the canopy of the tree developes more deadwood than regular and more gaps than regular in the canopy then you can consider it to be a sign of decay but I would say it is probably safe, fungal bodies like this don’t always kill their hosts. The crown is always the best indicator of health/vitality, if you notice drastic changes in it then you might have a problem on your hands but I wouldn’t get too worried if I were you