


Infection on multiple branches throughout the tree or on the main trunk can kill the entire tree.įlagging on branches of Leyland cypress due to Seiridium canker Seiridium canker flourishes when Leyland cypress trees are under stress, specifically drought. With Botryoshaeria canker, stem girdling will occur, killing the branch, but needles generally will stay on the branch. The rainwater will carry the fungal spores to other branches. Steven Jeffers, ©2010, Extension Service, Clemson University. Fungal cankers spread primarily by spores released during rainy spring weather.Botryosphaeria can also develop extensive cankers on the main stem. Botryosphaeria cankers develop fruiting bodies just under the bark and typically have little or no resin flow.Healthy Leylands can also show resin flow so this is not necessarily the only diagnostic symptom. Seiridium cankers may develop fruiting bodies that appear as small black dots and will often have resin flow associated with them.
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Small lesions or cankers often appear as dark cracked areas on the bark.The first symptoms are yellowing or fading of the foliage on scattered lateral branches that eventually turn a reddish brown color.Both Seiridium and Botryosphaeria are fungi that cause dieback in Leylands planted in the landscape.
