I made a reply to 'Pine trees keep dying'
I have a fair amount of experience of honey fungus and the answer to your
question is no.
Look at the RHS web site.
Regards
David T
"stumpy66" wrote in message
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i doubt it....if there was no food for the mellia then it might have
gone, it needs wood to live on...are you sure it was honey fungus in
the first place.?


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stumpy66