My local nursery here in North of Seattle says the following after looking at the pictures I sent them. This picture is of my 10+ year old fig tree that has never had an issue until the last two years. This same orange stuff is now on my Japanese maple all the way around that front of our home on branches pruned in 2023.
This stuff appears to have killed the branch I pruned last February 2024.
"From the pictures you sent it looks like they have what is called Nectria Canker, a fungal disease. Unfortunately there is no cure for it. If you catch it soon enough, you need to prune back about 8" below where you see the spots/black. In the fall when leaves have dropped you can apply a coppe