There's a whole world under the surface and only Ron has any idea about it. And sometimes the two worlds collide, and sometimes they don't. Ron holds them at arm's length from each other. Watch every ...

Q: Bill, on the bark of my Crepe Myrtles, I noticed grayish growth. I can peel this growth off fairly easily. What is this growth and is it hurting my tree? A: It sounds like you have lichens. Lichens ...

READERS HAVE WRITTEN enough letters of general interest lately to make a column. A Bellevue man expresses his frustration trying to make sense of the soil pyramid chart that was part of my Dec. 19 ...

NACOGDOCHES, Texas (KTRE) - Often, I get the inquiry about that “green and grey fungus that is killing my tree.” At this time of the year when most leaves are off trees and shrubs, these growths are ...

A couple of people have recently asked if the grey moss-like growth on the limbs and twigs of their trees and shrubs is the primary source of their decline. Trees and shrubs often have this sporadic ...

Symbioses represent a frequent and successful lifestyle on earth and lichens are one of their classic examples. Recently, bacterial communities were identified as stable, specific and structurally ...

On the bark of my tree, I noticed grayish growth. I can peel this growth off fairly easily. What is this growth and is it hurting my tree? I have been asked some form of this question at Possum’s, on ...