This fungi is native to most Florida soils. Unfortunately it attacks the roots and lower 4' - 5' of Palm trunks.  Also called butt rot, it essentially kills off the cells which carry water and essential nutrients to the crown of the palm. I inadvertently sparked this cancerous pathogen when I trimmed a thicket of Dypsis lutescens down to a neat and tidy 12 heads. This opened pores of cut trunks allowing the airborn spores to get in. Now, all but three heads are gone. After numerous sto