What is this white growth?
 

This morning we discovered this odd area in a flower bed. The area is
below a large wax leaf ligustrum. Neither of us has seen anything
like it before.

The area looks somewhat like it has been dusted with chalk, but the
white dash looking objects are growing out of the ground. They look
like exposed roots, or some kind of sprouts.

http://www.factsfacts.com/what_is_this_white_growth.htm

jim

What is this white growth?
 

jim evans writes in article dated Mon, 23 Jun 2003 14:04:40 -0500:
This morning we discovered this odd area in a flower bed. The area is
below a large wax leaf ligustrum. Neither of us has seen anything
like it before.

The area looks somewhat like it has been dusted with chalk, but the
white dash looking objects are growing out of the ground. They look
like exposed roots, or some kind of sprouts.

Some kind of fungus, I bet. Especially because it seems to be centered on
a decomposing stump.

--Thundermaker$yahoo.com (Spud Demon)
The above may not (yet) represent the opinions of my employer.

What is this white growth?
 

fungi

jim evans wrote:

This morning we discovered this odd area in a flower bed. The area is
below a large wax leaf ligustrum. Neither of us has seen anything
like it before.

The area looks somewhat like it has been dusted with chalk, but the
white dash looking objects are growing out of the ground. They look
like exposed roots, or some kind of sprouts.

http://www.factsfacts.com/what_is_this_white_growth.htm

jim



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What is this white growth?
 

On Mon, 23 Jun 2003 14:04:40 -0500, jim evans
wrote:

This morning we discovered this odd area in a flower bed. The area is
below a large wax leaf ligustrum. Neither of us has seen anything
like it before.

The area looks somewhat like it has been dusted with chalk, but the
white dash looking objects are growing out of the ground. They look
like exposed roots, or some kind of sprouts.

http://www.factsfacts.com/what_is_this_white_growth.htm

Fungus . . . hmmm. OK, should we do anything about it or just
ignore it?

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What is this white growth?
 

ignore, dont eat. Ingrid

jim evans wrote:

On Mon, 23 Jun 2003 14:04:40 -0500, jim evans
wrote:

This morning we discovered this odd area in a flower bed. The area is
below a large wax leaf ligustrum. Neither of us has seen anything
like it before.

The area looks somewhat like it has been dusted with chalk, but the
white dash looking objects are growing out of the ground. They look
like exposed roots, or some kind of sprouts.

http://www.factsfacts.com/what_is_this_white_growth.htm

Fungus . . . hmmm. OK, should we do anything about it or just
ignore it?

jim
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It's sort of an alt.home.repair FAQ. http://www.factsfacts.com/MyHomeRepair



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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the
endorsements or recommendations I make.

What is this white growth?
 

As others have suggested what is growing on or near the Ligustrum is a fungus,
probably Xylaria hypoxylon, known descriptively as "Candle Snuff." Despite the
fragile appearance, the "sprouts" are surprisingly tough. The white powder you
see are asexual spores produced in vast numbers by the fungus. To my
knowledge this common fungus decays only dead woody material and thus is
probably not a threat to your garden. It could mean however, that your
Ligustrum is dying from other causes.

Take a look at http://www.mykoweb.com/CAF/species/X...hypoxylon.html
for an example of "candle snuff" or do a Google search on Xylaria and you
should find other pictures.





In article , (Spud
Demon) wrote:
jim evans writes in article
dated Mon, 23 Jun 2003 14:04:40
-0500:
This morning we discovered this odd area in a flower bed. The area is
below a large wax leaf ligustrum. Neither of us has seen anything
like it before.

The area looks somewhat like it has been dusted with chalk, but the
white dash looking objects are growing out of the ground. They look
like exposed roots, or some kind of sprouts.

Some kind of fungus, I bet. Especially because it seems to be centered on
a decomposing stump.

--Thundermaker$yahoo.com (Spud Demon)
The above may not (yet) represent the opinions of my employer.