Shaggy Bracket fungus threatening public tree

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• Yes. This fungi is lethal to trees and should be removed as soon as possible.

  Posted anonymously at 17:08, Mon 11 August 2025

• I sincerely hope someone intervenes to save the tree. The fungal infection will be causing significant decay. If action isn't taken promptly, the tree's demise is likely soon.

  Posted anonymously at 17:50, Mon 11 August 2025

• I suspect the Council tree experts already know that.

  Posted by Richard Comaish at 14:23, Tue 12 August 2025

• Details Passed to Tree section

  State changed to: Internal referral

  Posted by Lewisham Borough Council at 16:55, Wed 20 August 2025

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  Have been advised by Lewisham Council that the matter is delayed by volume of work, and to instead use the LoveCleanStreets app for this borough. But the matter remains ongoing, as depicted, not 'Closed.' Use whatever reporting app you prefer Lewisham, but don't shut down reports prematurely, please.

  State changed to: Open

  Posted by Richard Comaish at 20:14, Sat 30 August 2025

• L've now found a link indicating medicinal and perceived aesthetic value in this inedible tree killer: https://www.jeremybartlett.co.uk/ 2024/ 09/ 25/ shaggy-bracket-inonotus-hispidus/ It also explains the seasonal darkening process, in the link, and the fact that the fungus turns into something unrecognisably different and black over winter, and drops off, perhaps before it reaches the Council tree surgeons. In fact a report from last year, in the same place, was of a black bracket fungus, which vanished, for reasons then unclear.

  Posted by Richard Comaish at 06:51, Mon 1 September 2025

• Details Passed to Tree Section

  State changed to: Internal referral

  Posted by Lewisham Borough Council at 15:09, Thursday 21 May 2026