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There are a line of pine trees in my development, and two of them seem to have a disease. I was hoping someone could identify what is wrong with them. They seem to both have the same problem (part of the branches are dead and there is something wrong with the trunks).

First tree: Tree 1

Second tree: Tree 2

Here is an album of both of the trees (shows the branches): https://imgur.com/a/iki3F

VividD
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They're goners I reckon - both pictures show white fungal sheets on the trunk, but the first photo also shows amber coloured ooze, which is certainly canker, and possibly bacterial canker. I recommend you call an arborist to determine whether they're still safe, if they can be saved, and if not safe, remove them, and also check the state of the other trees in the line, just in case the original cause is at the root, which might mean the others may develop a problem.

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