Old avocado tree with cracked, flaking bark from Phytophthora trunk canker and crown rot, caused by Phytophthora mengei (= Phytophthora citricola).

Cracked, flaking bark on basal trunk of old avocado tree infected with Phytophthora canker and collar rot. Fallbrook, San Diego Co.  Credit: David Rosen
Credit: David Rosen