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Garden Detective: area sycamore trees hit with fungus

June 22, 2012 2:41 PM By JESSICA DAMIANO jessica.damiano@newsday.com

Sycamore trees can be susceptible to fungal disease

Photo credit: Fotolia | Sycamore trees can be susceptible to fungal disease anthracnose.

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DEAR JESSICA: Help. All the sycamore trees in my neighborhood are losing their leaves at an incredible rate. The leaves seem to have a fungus on them. Any idea what's going on? -- Francis De Angelis, Massapequa

DEAR FRANCIS: You're not the only reader who has noticed sycamore trees dropping leaves, so something is definitely going on. I can't be sure without seeing the trees and foliage, but...

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