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[rob hamilton <lostman_amiga@yahoo.com>]

This is very puzzling.  This year and last year about the same time in the season I have had a pear, persimmon mature medlar and quince die on me. The leaves will shrivel like some kind of drought stress and turn brown and die in one season. I see white mycelium at the bottom around the crown. just under the leaf litter. Other trees and bushes around it seem to be unaffected

Would this be Armillaria ?  I dont see any mushrooms If so what can I do about it?

Robert
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