Felling of a mature common walnut tree affected by fungal infection, with plans to replant a paperbark maple in its place.

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T1 Mature Common walnut. The tree is in poor condition and has lost its crown density. It has started to form deadwood. The tree has fungal fruiting bodies of the pathogenic ?Brittle cinder fungus? (Kretschmaria deusta), at the base of the tree on the south side. The bark around the fungal fruiting bodies is dead for approximately 1m of the basal circumference accounting for approximately 1/3rd of the total basal circumference.We wish to fell the tree and replant with a paper bark maple Acer griseum.