GR translation: A tree has inexplicably withered in the street to a shingly black corpse

[Mark Kohut]

Online Free dictionary actually defines " shingly". 

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> On Sep 2, 2015, at 2:04 AM, Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Right.  I should have thought of that.
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>> On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 7:12 AM, James Kyllo <jkyllo at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Consider also the skin condition
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>> J
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>>> On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 9:53 AM, Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> V632.1-9   He arrives at Twelfth House on Gallaho Mews in a homicidal state of mind. Bicycle thieves run down the back streets, old pros wheeling them three abreast at a good pace. Young men with natty mustaches preen in the windows. Children loot the dustbins. Courtyard corners are drifted with official papers, the shed skin of a Beast at large. A tree has inexplicably withered in the street to a shingly black corpse. A fly lands belly-up on the front fender of Roger’s motorcycle, thrashes ten seconds, folds its veined and sensitive wings, and dies. Quick as that. First one Roger has ever seen.
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>>> What does "shingly" mean here?  I assume it refers to roof shingles. Is it meant to describe the appearance of the tree bark, as if it is made of shingles? 
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