The Ganoderma thread!

[Fungus]

To add some more information to Tony's illustrative documentation on the effects of G. australe on different tree species, four photo's follow.

 

1. G. australe on Quercus robur (see Tony's text).

2. G. australe on Quercus rubra : detrimental and dangerous.

3. G. australe on Acer pseudoplatanus or A. saccharinum and Platanus species : more detrimental and more dangerous, especially if A. saccharinum is concerned.

4. G. australe on Tillia after two panic fruiting sterile bulbs appeared at one side of the tree in deep cracks between the buttresses : most detrimental and most dangerous : alarm bells ringing. The same goes for perennial brackets of G. australe present on Populus and Salix species.

5. G. australe on Aesculus : no photo, just as or even more dangerous as on Tilia, see the information in the last posts on : Failure of Anne Frank tree.

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Edited May 16, 2011 by Fungus

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

here some of the second most aggressive ganodermas- resinaceum

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Fungus]

The result of long lasting presence of the mycelium of Ganoderma australe in the lower trunk of an old Pedunculate oak.

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[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

The result of long lasting presence of the mycelium of Ganoderma australe in the lower trunk of an old Pedunculate oak.

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gerrit, do you have a shot of a slice of wood of robur colonised by austral showing the reacton zones in this species?

 

those reaction zones in the above image look rather interesting:001_cool:

[Fungus]

do you have a shot of a slice of wood of robur colonised by austral showing the reacton zones in this species?

 

No alas, this was all there was left when I came the second time around yesterday to see what the stump looked like after the tree was felled earlier this week. What came off, still must have been useful as fire wood, because they had taken it all and even the impressive perennial brackets of G. australe were missing.

Edited May 21, 2011 by Fungus

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

No alas, this was all there was left when I came the second time around yesterday to see what the stump looked like after the tree was felled earlier this week. What came off, still must have been useful as fire wood, because they had taken it all and even the impressive perennial brackets of G. australe were missing.

 

thats a shame, it would be interesting to slice one up, im still waiting for a fell that we do for having ganoderma australe.

 

I wonder what makes this australe in some planes, some Oaks just cavitate to the last few active cambium rings when others it devours like cookies and creme?

[Fungus]

thats a shame, it would be interesting to slice one up, im still waiting for a fell that we do for having ganoderma australe.

I wonder what makes this australe in some planes, some Oaks just cavitate to the last few active cambium rings when others it devours like cookies and creme?

 

As consolation , two photo's of Q. robur with different patterns of decomposition of the trunk base by G. australe. In the second photo, G. australe is active to the right, while at the same time L. sulphureus (brackets top left) has almost completely brown rotted the rest of the tree base.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Ganoderma pfiefferi-

 

 

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

more G. pfiefferi, just for the Emperor, a few samples youll see:thumbup1:

 

Note the sterile panick fruiting in the last few images:001_cool: Thanks for that knowledge Gerrit:thumbup1:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Fungus]

more G. pfiefferi, just for the Emperor, a few samples youll see Note the sterile panick fruiting in the last few images

 

. By the way, I don't think the late Mr. Pfeiffer would have liked seeing his name written wrong all the time .