Blank"Mike" wrote in message ...
An arborist on this ng (Aug 8 OP - Nudest) has claimed it to be a fungal problem and "merely cosmetic". Can't say as though any fungus serves a purpose, for me at least.

I think that was me...it is tar-spot- It hits Norway and sugars in our area. Don't bother treating it.

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Mike LaMana, MS
Heartwood Consulting Services, LLC
Toms River, NJ
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