A question for Dan Gill: My queen palms have a brownish/orange sap running down from spots on their trunks. Is that a fungus, and how bad could the damage be? I was told it's common after hard freezes ...

There is an area on the trunk of my queen palm that has me concerned. The outer layer of bark has peeled away, and it looks like the trunk is rotten in that spot. The top of the palm looks fine, and ...