Decay images

[Tom D]

of course!!!

 

you of all people shoud get that from the bark:001_smile:

[Fungus]

you of all people shoud get that from the bark

 

With only the bark as a reference, if you would have said it was Aesculus or Carpinus, I would have believed you too.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

With only the visible bark as a reference, if you would have said it was Aesculus or Carpinus, I would have believed you too.

 

aesculus was my other thought too, but would not have guessed carpinus, certainly not with a failure fung combination like this?

[Fungus]

aesculus was my other thought too, but would not have guessed carpinus, certainly not with a failure fung combination like this?

 

In my database, I've once documented P. squamosus fruiting from a pruining wound on the trunk of a Carpinus. As far as the extent of the white rot could be evaluated without damaging the tree, it seemed comparable to what P. squamosus does to beech.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

In my database, I've once documented P. squamosus fruiting from a pruining wound on the trunk of a Carpinus. As far as the extent of the white rot could be evaluated without damaging the tree, it seemed comparable to what P. squamosus does to beech.

 

yes that would be expected I suppose, not dissimilar in wood. Sycamore poplar and aesculus on the other hand dont stand up well against squamosus IME

[Fungus]

Sycamore poplar and aesculus on the other hand dont stand up well against squamosus IME

 

You can add Ulmus too.

[David Humphries]

Not really sure where to put this little observation.

 

so here it shall reside.

 

A spheroblast from a well decayed Red Oak that failed due in part to Ganoderma resinaceum, 4 years ago.

 

Popped this one off & noticed a slight spongyness rolling it between my fingers. So though I'd strip it back to see what was going on.

 

The partly deteriorated bark peeled off fairly easy to reveal the mycelium (of unknown fung) almost covering all of the wood beneath.

I then stripped this back to find that the grain & swirls of this mutated form was barely if at all decayed.

 

Completely sad I know, but interesting at the same time

 

 

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[RobArb]

strange question but how is it sad if the tree failed naturally or have i missed something?

 

yes the spheroblast thing was not decayed, but is that possibly because its somehow detached from the decayed wood?

 

yeesh, think i'm having brain melt:001_rolleyes:

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

sad as in geeky rob!

[RobArb]

ahhhh, was going along the empathy lines of sad:lol:

 

me need sleep me thinks, to many VTA books rot the sensible brain matter!