forsythia

Hi, wondering if anyone can help identify this mushroom/fungal growth on the bark of this forsythia? I was looking at purchasing it but dont want to buy a tree with a death certificate! Thanks

Here's a forsythia I dug up late autumn last year. It was a twin trunk but only one of them had good movement so the other was removed after the leaves fell. The roots where checked last weekend as I still had to remove one of the huge tap roots. I didn't have enough time when I initially dug...

I was given the opportunity to dig this Forsythia from a garden that was being landscaped and they were tossing everything out. A lot of the stuff had been chucked already but this was left til last because it was such a monster. It was about 8 - 9ft high before I chopped it down. Thinking i may...