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philodendron · 29th January 2008, 09:52 PM

Thanks for your thoughts on the Phoenix. All pics are of the subject tree, which is in an old garden in Hornsby, tho the tree has only around 1-2 metres to the crown so I would guess only a 30 or so year old palm [good soil, water etc].
The fungus as you say may be saprophytic - the close up of a frond base does show one side browning off tho, typical of Fusarium I believe. I can't seem to find any pix of the fruiting bodies of Fusarium so far.
The old leaf bases on one side are soft and crumbly, but of course this may just be them breaking down under the fungus - there is a lot of wet material amongst the leaf bases after the rrecent rain. Hmmmmm.....

29th January 2008, 09:52 PM	#6 (permalink)
philodendron Sappling Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 8	Re: Phoenix and Phusarium Thanks for your thoughts on the Phoenix. All pics are of the subject tree, which is in an old garden in Hornsby, tho the tree has only around 1-2 metres to the crown so I would guess only a 30 or so year old palm [good soil, water etc]. The fungus as you say may be saprophytic - the close up of a frond base does show one side browning off tho, typical of Fusarium I believe. I can't seem to find any pix of the fruiting bodies of Fusarium so far. The old leaf bases on one side are soft and crumbly, but of course this may just be them breaking down under the fungus - there is a lot of wet material amongst the leaf bases after the rrecent rain. Hmmmmm.....