Grey Alder: Possible types of damage
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Grey Alder: Possible types of damage

 

Alder leaf beetle
Damaged alder leaves due to feeding by blackish-blue beetles
Artist's bracket
Zoned, grey-brown tree fungus
Birch leaf-roller
Wilted, rolled up birch leaves
Blushing bracket
Tree fungus which turns red under pressure
Chicken of the woods
Sulphur-yellow tree fungus which causes brown rot
Common sawfly
Tunnelling in alder leaves by wasp larvae
Damage due to road salting
Leaf spot and needle blight due to road salting
Dieback
Sparse foliation and small leaves on alders
Lumpy bracket
Whitish or brownish tree fungus which is often coloured green by algae
Powdery mildew
Intensive deposit on leaves which can also be wiped off
Red banded polypore
Tree fungus with a flexible range of colours
Spring hazelcup
Tree fungus on dead hazel branches
Tinder bracket
Raw material for tinder
Willow bracket
Shiny black tree fungus with pale grey edge