Meripilus on Beech

[David Humphries]

Fagus with Meripilus giganteus from 2001

 

For the record, targets were moved, tree reduced (loose term applied here) but point being this tree is still standing today.

[Lee Winger]

 

I tell you what would be very interesting...Air-spade a Beech root system after one has been felled. I wonder if it would be poss' to lift most of the root system, invert it and then study the decay....?

 

i'd be up for that...

[David Humphries]

This Fagus is being retained in a public park by an LA local to me.

Relatively high target area.

Has had root decay investigation, not sure which method.

Personaly IMO, a small reduction would have made me sleep easier, if i was involved in any decision to retain.

[Bundle 2]

 

I tell you what would be very interesting...Air-spade a Beech root system after one has been felled. I wonder if it would be poss' to lift most of the root system, invert it and then study the decay....?

 

IMO you would most likely need to do this a hundred times over if you are to gather information that could in any way be considered reliable for the purposes of informing the industry as to the real characteristics of the fungus

 

Not that this should stop you.

[Dean Lofthouse]

It's good to do for your own information.

 

I like to cross section where there is rot after I have guesstimated how far I think the cavity or rot may go and look at the structural integrity etc

 

Good for personal learning

[skyhuck]

It's good to do for your own information.

 

I like to cross section where there is rot after I have guesstimated how far I think the cavity or rot may go and look at the structural integrity etc

 

Good for personal learning

 

You need to get out more!!!!!!!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Only kidding,I do the same:wave:

[MattyF]

we had a very large beach with mirrip that we reduced by 30% and tryed to retain blow over...it covered 3 gardens and took out 2 sheads and there contents ....apart from the main bowl of roots they disapeared to rotten mush stumps around 2 metres from the stem...the upturned root plate if you could call it that stank of fungus.....there was a whole line of them that nearly all had die back and where infected due to cable tels amazing instalation of cables only a few remain.