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from Kay Easton contains these words:

It's been described elsewhere in the thread - an ear shaped brown
fungus, peculiar to elderberries. Don't think they do any harm, but they
tend to appear on elderly elderberries and suggest that the elderberry
in question hasn't too many more years left.

Not necessarily: elders tend to lose branches throughout their lives.

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