tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7541969416563942273.post259028382989994261..comments2023-06-19T10:11:05.122+01:00Comments on East Glamorgan Wildlife: Baffled, of CwmbachAdam Mantellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08825643943800910778noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7541969416563942273.post-47854790128697541612016-01-28T08:58:00.827+00:002016-01-28T08:58:00.827+00:00Thanks to both of you. I've heard of Willow An...Thanks to both of you. I've heard of Willow Anthracnose: it has been killing the riverside willows (S. alba x S. fragilis, I think) around here for over twenty years. I wonder what anthracnose it is and what it is infecting, in this instance? Time for another look, I think.Mark Evanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02372785801699168219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7541969416563942273.post-14227261717989077792016-01-27T20:41:53.131+00:002016-01-27T20:41:53.131+00:00Well done Howard, you might be onto something ther...Well done Howard, you might be onto something there. I've never seen anything like that.<br /><br />Figure 5 at the following link looks similar:<br /><br />https://www.ppdl.purdue.edu/PPDL/weeklypics/11-2-09.htmlGMThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08759152282751126808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7541969416563942273.post-13809712318913853522016-01-27T19:46:15.053+00:002016-01-27T19:46:15.053+00:00I haven't a clue what these things are but I v...I haven't a clue what these things are but I vaguely remember seeing an image similar to these in a magazine/journal - some form of fungal disease with a name similar to anthrax nose .... sorry, but that's the sort of thing that my dustbin of a brain remembers!<br /><br />I've just done a google search and it suggested 'anthracnose' which is caused by something called Colletotrichum and that's where the image I saw comes in. Hope that means something to you Howard Burthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15140736388789494773noreply@blogger.com