D'Angelo
Mame
Need help identifying this on my maple forest planting, looks like a snowflake almost....is it some form of fungus or something?
Help identifying this!!
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Poink88
Imperial Masterpiece
I think that is a lichen. Shouldn't harm your tree.
HumbleTrees
Yamadori
I second that.
milehigh_7
Mister 500,000
lichen was my first thought also... but your trees are so beautiful I would want to make dead sure.
rockm
Spuds Moyogi
It's lichen. Some find this desireable on older trees. Won't hurt them and marks them as old. Takes quite a bit of time for this to develop. It will probably die off as the tree lives on in a container.
D'Angelo
Mame
Thank you guys 
...now I can put my mind at ease!!
...now I can put my mind at ease!!
Don Blackmond
Omono
its lichen. how long have you had the forest planting?
D'Angelo
Mame
I just acquired these about a week ago.
Beetleman72
Mame
Where did you aquire this nice composition?
D'Angelo
Mame
They came in on Consignment at New England Bonsai...so grabbed them!!...Need to ask them if they can e-mail me the history on these trees.
bougie nights
Mame
It looks like a fungus and its algal symbiant have taken a 'liken' to your tree.
Paulpash
Masterpiece
If you don't like it a toothbrush and a little water should scrub it off. If it's stubborn get the tweezers out!
Poink88
Imperial Masterpiece
HumbleTrees
Yamadori
I’m with rockm as well. Lichen adds character.
Paulpash
Masterpiece
If it spans a node it may stop the bud from popping (will shade the bud junction too) but your call. 
rockm
Spuds Moyogi
In my experience, lichen like this are highly dependent on local environmental conditions. Once removed from those conditions, they die off rather quickly.
That's been my experience too. I collected two trees from upstate NY that had lots of lichen, and it's pretty much all died off.
D'Angelo
Mame
They don't bother me, so for now I will leave them!!
