Thanks for all that advice, chaps. I thought there was something that didn't ring true about his diagnosis. I'll report back if he can come up...
Hmm. Thanks, Hornbeam. I'll go and double-check whether it was a lime after all.Do you rate honey fungus as particularly virulent?
It is - was - a lime tree.
Anyone on the forum ever heard of this? (A Google search has elicited no hits). One of the larger trees in my flat's shared garden recently died...
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