Decay images

[john p]

Beech from today,riddled with Ganoderma australe i think,felled to prevent damage to other trees,was gonna monolith but time was not on our side today

[Fungus]

is the selective delignification an early stage though? with more complete degradation later?

 

No, it is not.

[David Humphries]

Daldinia concentrica on ash

 

 

 

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[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Beech from today,riddled with Ganoderma australe i think,felled to prevent damage to other trees,was gonna monolith but time was not on our side today

 

 

applanatum IMO with K deusta in attendence

[Treecreeper1961]

There are quite a few trees around me fallen foul of the strong northerly recently. Most of them have been hawthorns and alders suffering from root, stem or butt rot.

Just a few pictures of matter from a fallen hawthorn. I have my (incomplete) idea about what they show, perhaps Fungus, David or Hama can elucidate?

 

The distinct difference in colour of the degraded wood suggests two different types of decay perhaps, but both areas fell the same to touch, soft and spongy.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

brown and whit rot, mycelial ords of most likey a macro/lepiota species and black armillaria

[Treecreeper1961]

brown and whit rot, mycelial ords of most likey a macro/lepiota species and black armillaria

 

Interesting that the texture of both the white rot and brown seems exactly the same.

Any idea why?

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Interesting that the texture of both the white rot and brown seems exactly the same.

Any idea why?

 

probaly just moisture content similar at the time

[David Humphries]

Presumptious, but perhaps the cellulose degrader on the Hawthorn is Laetiporus sulphureus

 

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[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Presumptious, but perhaps the cellulose degrader on the Hawthorn is Laetiporus sulphureus

 

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almost a certainty:thumbup1: