The Meripilus thread!

[David Humphries]

The Aspleniifolia has come into leaf and looking mighty fine:thumbup1:

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Is this the one you were taliking of earlier today ?

 

 

Impressive

 

 

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[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Is this the one you were taliking of earlier today ?

 

 

Impressive

 

 

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yep, same one from the earlier posts in here:001_cool:

 

Thanks dude, impressive is a big word!

[Lorry thompson]

We are removing a couple of sorbus soon with merip Hama will get some pics of stem crown and stump after if you want mate:) I've not seen them yet they're on the spec as medium street trees to remove, so nothing too interesting?

Edited April 27, 2011 by Lorry thompson
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[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

We are removing a couple of sorbus soon with merip Hama will get some pics of stem crown and stump after if you want mate:) I've not seen them yet they're on the spec as medium street trees to remove, so nothing too interesting?

 

There wont be enough to see in the stump lorry, its all in under the soil:001_smile:

[David Humphries]

There wont be enough to see in the stump lorry, its all in under the soil:001_smile:

 

 

 

Try telling Brian Greig (forestry Commission) that.

 

 

He's been having Merip colonised tree stumps, ground out on a research project for years.

Trying to determine how far into the trunk base it extends.

 

Never did hear the outcome in terms of a paper though

 

 

 

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[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Try telling Brian Greig (forestry Commission) that.

 

 

He's been having Merip colonised tree stumps, ground out on a research project for years.

Trying to determine how far into the trunk base it extends.

 

Never did hear the outcome in terms of a paper though

 

 

 

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I wonder why!

 

The airspade is the research tool for the study of meripilus, and the tree needs to be studied living, not ground out!

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

The Giant Polypore Fungus, Meripilus giganteus: The Never Ending Love for Old Trees

[Fungus]

The Giant Polypore Fungus, Meripilus giganteus: The Never Ending Love for Old Trees

 

Tony,

The man is a fantastic fairy tale teller of a romantic never ending "love story", who must not have had much experience with the tree specific specific interaction of beech and Meripilus, as he does not talk about the damage done to the superficial root system of beeches, for which they can't compensate, making the tree extremely vulnerable for windthrow and does not diagnose the adventitious rooting of beech as a survival strategy associated with Laccaria laccata, the tree "clings to" to (panic) reproduce before it falls because of total destruction of the central wood column at and underneath the forest floor level.

And where does he locate the cavities inhabited by squirrels and other "wildlife" created by Meripilus ? Does he really think there will be mammals living in the sticky moist and smelly wood pulp, the mycelium of Meripilus leaves behind ?

[Fungus]

Some documentation on two beeches with Meripilus giganteus. First a young beech (two photo's) standing beside a compacted footpath in a woodland near a castle and second a 100+ year old solitary beech in the park of a mansion with "well kept" lawns (root damage) and a golf course.

Photo 1 : M. giganteus panic fruiting close to the base of the trunk from a major root of the young tree.

Photo 2 : The crown of the young tree.

Photo 3 : The top of the crown of the old beech from a distance.

Photo 4 : An overview of the three clusters of FB's all fruiting from roots.

Photo 5 : Panic fruiting from the base of a major root.

Photo 6 : Panic fruiting from a major root at 2 metres from the trunk's base.

Photo 7 : Oudemansiella mucida fruiting near the trunk on a dead and decorticating branch, indicating that the corresponding root has been killed by M. giganteus, which is also present on the root at about the same distance of the trunk base with some smaller FB's.

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[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Tony,

The man is a fantastic fairy tale teller of a romantic never ending "love story", who must not have had much experience with the tree specific specific interaction of beech and Meripilus, as he does not talk about the damage done to the superficial root system of beeches, for which they can't compensate, making the tree extremely vulnerable for windthrow and does not diagnose the adventitious rooting of beech as a survival strategy associated with Laccaria laccata, the tree "clings to" to (panic) reproduce before it falls because of total destruction of the central wood column at and underneath the forest floor level.

And where does he locate the cavities inhabited by squirrels and other "wildlife" created by Meripilus ? Does he really think there will be mammals living in the sticky moist and smelly wood pulp, the mycelium of Meripilus leaves behind ?

 

just popping the link in, my intention is for everything i come acroos linkwise to be posted here along with my case examples and anyone elses who wishes to help build the reference here.

 

just cos i post a link doesnt mean i agree with it.