[moomoos42]

Mum-in-law has a small wooden barrel pond that was her late husbands. She has no fish in it but does have a lily. A fungus, simular to bracket fungus, has started to grow around the top. What can she do to get rid of it? .thank you

[Trillium]

This is a tough question because it could actually be a different fungi. Once something sets in, it's really difficult to get rid of. Here's a document with a lot of technical information. You might find your problem somewhere within:

http://www.pested.msu.edu/Resources/bulletins/pdf/2047/E2047chap7.pdf

All wood rots over time, and regardless of sentiment, I think your MIL should simply get rid of the barrel rather than try to spray chemicals to control the problem.

[fatcat1955]

If she wants to keep the barrel, either empty it and dry it, then paint the inside with pond paint or put a butyl liner in it and refill.