Trees, Shrubs and Conifers: Ponderosa Pine Problem, 0 by Soferdig

Soferdig wrote:
I percieved a problem in my ponderosa pine about 3 years ago. It paled in its peak (crown) and I projected that it was possibly a problem with the packing of the plants roots. But it now has produced a poor piece of pine that I placed my chain saw and plumeted to the planet. Seriously what is the disease on the crown? It looks fungal. No other trees look as this one does.
I have burned all of the foilage should I burn the trunk? I would like to use it for a "banya" (cordwood sauna) I'm building.