Yesterday I took a hike and noticed an unusual fungal (or what I think is fungi) on trees. It is, as you can see, a neon metallic magenta (fuzzy) colony. The trees are covered with it. It penetrates the leaf, avoids the veins, but later in progression, the leaf becomes anemic and the stem turns pink and the tree withers.
Anybody seen this or know what it is?
I tried researching thinking it might be Fusarium but it really does not manifest in the traditional manner.
