I was hiking to Lampson Falls when I noticed this Maple tree that had what appears to be a large amount of fungus growing on the trunk of the tree, it seemed as though the fungus was growing from the bottom near the soil and moving upwards. I though this image was interesting because earlier in the semester we had an arborist come to class and talk about trees and I remember him saying that today it is still unknown how these diseases spread from tree to tree. This tree was a Red Maple; these trees when fully mature can grow from 40 to 60 feet and they can spread up to 40 feet wide. They are categorized as medium to fast growers and they grow in acidic, loamy, moist, rich, sandy, silty loam, well drained, wet, clay soils.