acer bloodgood appears to have a disease

I have a four year old acer bloodgood that appears to have a disease on the trunk. It’s in a small front garden and has been fine until now.

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#1 Comment By Downtoearthdigs On 06/04/2015 @ 1:47 pm

It does appear to be a canker. Treatment of cankers is more about prevention.
A mild case will resolve itself.

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https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/trees/japanese-maple/japanese-maple-problems.htm ^[1]
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/trees/maple/maple-tree-bark-disease.htm ^[2]

http://www.plantpath.ksu.edu/doc944.ashx ^[3]

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