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Cedar, Port Orford (Chamaecyparis lawsoniana)-Seiridium Canker

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March 2025
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Seiridium canker on Port-Orford-Cedar. Tree has been inoculated with the fungus. Picture shows death of tissue above cankered stem.

Danielle Martin
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Seiridium canker on Port-Orford-Cedar. Tree has been inoculated with the fungus.

Danielle Martin

See:

Cypress (Cupressus spp.) - Canker

Notes: Seiridium cardinale is the usual fungus but a different species of Seiridium may be involved with cankers of Port Orford cedar in Oregon.