Street trees

[Bundle 2]

That sucker's been half asleep for a while....still think it could be Phellinus spp.

[janey]

we had one in ealing....

 

Ahem, now that they have lost their best tree inpector, ie, moi, what do you expect?

[Bundle 2]

We seem to be losing @ half a dozen every year within a couple streets of me here in Norwich.

Here the policy is a stump left at chest height (H&S presumably) til it gets ground out......

[Thea]

Thanks for the replies guys! This street has already lost quite a few of its Whitebeams, I presume to the same problem. A few of them have been looking a bit thin in the crown for a few years now but this is the first time I've noticed the fruiting bodies. Sadly they don't seem to be replacing the trees when they do come out unless you ask them too! The one outside my parents house was already gone when they moved in 10yrs ago so they rang up the council and got a lovely Rowan planted which is doing very well. Most people either don't realise they can get a new tree or don't want one I think the council may be getting a phone call about this one! Here is the cut through section, its very hard inside:

[David Humphries]

Hi Thea,

 

my bad, should of explained to you that the tube layer is an important visual to aid identification.

 

It helps by showing the possible depth & colour difference between the flesh (which your slice only shows) and the tube layer.

 

Like with these Rigidoporous below.

 

Any chance of getting a vertical slice of the older part of the fruit body?

 

You may need a hand saw, instead of that knife.

 

No worries if you cant

 

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[David Humphries]

I was leaning toward Phellinus ignarius, but not really sure tbh

 

 

 

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[Bundle 2]

Better still, pass the fb through a band saw...perfick!

 

The phellinus is pretty tough..almost like wood but with a strong mushroomy smell!

Phellinus igniarius- aka. White Trunk Rot.

 

Hers a picus image of a knackered beech stem, pathogen is the dreaded Phellinus igniarius.

Ist shot image. basal/buttress cross section profile.

2nd shot image, @ 12-14 ft up the stem (cross section)

 

Tim

[Thea]

Heya sorry for not getting back to this sooner, have been in South Africa for a month! Tried to get a vertical slice but without much success I'm afraid as its a bit awkward to get to, the saw just kinda chewed it up and the base of it seems to burried in the ground. It just really wasn't having any of it but the result is below anyway. Also on the next tree along the road, which is also looking a bit sparse in the crown, a different fungi has reared its little heads:

[David Humphries]

Heya sorry for not getting back to this sooner, have been in South Africa for a month! Tried to get a vertical slice but without much success I'm afraid as its a bit awkward to get to, the saw just kinda chewed it up and the base of it seems to burried in the ground. It just really wasn't having any of it but the result is below anyway. Also on the next tree along the road, which is also looking a bit sparse in the crown, a different fungi has reared its little heads:

 

So how's being in South Africa any kind of excuse !

 

Hope you had yourself a nice time.

 

Mushies on the other tree are Pholiota squarrosa the shaggy scaly cap.

 

Parasitic root rotter, amonst other things.

 

Have a look at the link for more info.

 

 

Your first 'dogs dinner of a slice' looks a bit Gano to me.

 

 

 

 

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[Xerxses]

No sean, that would be the other Monkey-D

 

 

He's a snooty bleeder that one, I'm always gettin confused with him.

 

 

 

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So which one did I meet in the flesh?