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Life cycle of Fungus Fungus spores are spread by air or from root to root. The fungus spores then infect the tree with damaged roots.Once infection starts its spreads up the roots and attacks the tree and causes butt rot. Fungus can reproduce sexual or Asexual and once reproduction is complete spore distribution occurs.

Causes Butt Root mainly affects trees, The trees that are susceptible to fungus are trees that sustained root injury, have poor soil nutrition and old trees.''' Fungus involved in Butt Rott The most common species of fungus that are involved in butt rot include: Armillaria spp Bondazewia berkeleyi Ganoderma lucidum Grifola frondosa Inonotus dryadeus I. dryophilis Laetiporus sulphureus Meripilus sumstinei Symptoms Trees with Butt rot will display the following symptoms; distortion of the crown decay and discoloration of the roots Fungus growth at base of the tree as known as "conks" Prevention Avoid damaging a trees roots or lower trunk Plant trees an area that does not have butt rot trees If you are replacing a tree that had butt rot remove stump,roots and sterilize soil to kill fungus

https://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/pp/notes/Ornamental/odin30/od30.htm

https://www.thoughtco.com/root-butt-rot-tree-disease-prevention-1342874 https://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/pp/notes/Ornamental/odin30/od30.htm