The Ganoderma thread!

[andrew t]

Very nice find.

 

A word of caution however, whilst the liklihood of causing significant damage to such a tree with an increment corer is low, it is still an offence to cause or permit damage to a protected tree. Also, landowners will tend to take a dim view of such 'research' without their consent - that include the highway authorities.

 

Don't mean to rain on your parade, or to insinuate that you did anything wrong; just needs saying for the public forum!

 

Hi tony the area is open to the public and i was not looking in any way shape or form to do anything to the tree but look at the fungi on it and visualy monitor condition from time to time:thumbup:

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Hi tony the area is open to the public and i was not looking in any way shape or form to do anything to the tree but look at the fungi on it and visualy monitor condition from time to time:thumbup:

 

Smashing shots, I was looking at the scars on its base only a few weeks prior, fantastic to see it confirmed!

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

in fact Im going to drive over, find the hotel owner/manger and see if I can core it! see you next weekend!

[AlvinD]

Just after reading all 19 pages... What a really interesting thread!!

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Prunus 'kanzan' showing stress from parasitic colonisation via Ganoderma australe.

 

It would appear in this species of host it is less aggressive as in Horse chestnut and lime. My observations in this case lead me to believe it is far slower in the case of Prunus Sp because-

 

One older (original bracket) in column connected to die back, second brackets (younger than original) connected to another column of clearly affected crown. This indicates that in Prunus and in a large stem diameter it has remained in one portion until such time as the vitality of that section has waned whereby it has moved into a new section. A mode of operation allowing for longer fruiting periods on the same host.

 

This cherry is one of my childhood trees, from a park I mispent much of my teenage years! Ive been going back to my roots to follow the lifes of the trees I knew as a child.