Bracket Fungus - store or burn now?

[Simon C]

I'm about to fell a tree that's badly infected with bracket fungus along the whole length of the trunk.

Any advice if it can be cut and stored as firewood or will it rot and spread fungus to my other firewood?

Thanks

[openspaceman]

44 minutes ago, Simon C said:

I'm about to fell a tree that's badly infected with bracket fungus along the whole length of the trunk.

Any advice if it can be cut and stored as firewood or will it rot and spread fungus to my other firewood?

Thanks

It will have already have lost some dry matter depending how extensive the rot is, after all the fungus has been living off it and respiring.

 

The thing to minimise dry matter loss to fungi and bugs is to dry it as fast as possible, below 17% stops all activity except termites I think. So cutting splitting and stacking in an airy covered space is the way to go.

 

 

[Simon C]

40 minutes ago, openspaceman said:

It will have already have lost some dry matter depending how extensive the rot is, after all the fungus has been living off it and respiring.

 

The thing to minimise dry matter loss to fungi and bugs is to dry it as fast as possible, below 17% stops all activity except termites I think. So cutting splitting and stacking in an airy covered space is the way to go.

 

 

Thanks, that makes sense.

I'll split and bag it and keep it separate until its moisture levels drops.