Roadside Decay

[treeseer]

Looks like many options for reduction, if it comes to that.

[David Humphries]

When you're as sad as I and others that don't really need mentioning, you tend to find yourself looking out for fungi in all manor of places.

 

Even when one is meant to be getting away from the stresses & constaints of work, whilst on R&R with the tribe .

 

Travelled a near 100 mile round trip to watch the lad play at Braintree Towns stadium today and ended up going for a stroll at half time to stretch the the old legs.

 

One road, two trees, Rigidoporus ulmarius on horse chestnut and Perenniporia fraxinea on poplar.

 

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Edited October 23, 2016 by David Humphries

[David Humphries]

Travelling between sites today and just turned off the M40 near Beaconsfield when I spied an explosion of fruiting bodies on a beech from a fair way down the road.

 

 

Turned out to be a long term colonisation of Inonotus cuticularis

 

 

 

We took a closer look with the hammer and noted a minute shear crack that had freshly opened up from yesterday's storm.

 

 

 

 

Due to its considerable basal decay, lean toward an A road and the newly developed crack I got on the phone to Buckinghamshire Highways Authority.

 

Although they had somewhere in the region of 80 roadside trees reported during the storm across the county they informed me that they would be sending an inspector out within two hours to assess for removal. I suspect it wouldn't have taken too long to have made the right call on this tree, so hoping it gets felled over the next couple of days.

 

Surprised it's taken a random drive by from us to spot and report what is quite clearly an historical significant hazard to the road users.

 

 

 

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[Kveldssanger]

Great post and great fungi on that beech. Indeed, your remarks on why it took you guys to note it is concerning, however!!

[Khriss]

I wldnt be suprised - have seen a few roadside horrors this month , ( Condition - Dead/ Dangerous -Recommendantion - Fell Urgent ) Kx

[David Humphries]

Inonotus hispidus on a roadside Sorbus

 

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[Kveldssanger]

Sorbus intermedia? Not seen it on any other species of Sorbus myself.

[sloth]

That's quite a bit of fruiting, soon for the chop I guess. Kveld, I've seen it on S aucuparia, if you're interested...

[David Humphries]

Flammulina velutipes (velvet shank) on chestnut, on the side of the A1 in north London

 

.......taken this morning