Decay images

[Phil71]

Possibly has the white mycelial sheets of Laetiporus in the cracks in that cross section.

 

 

Armillaria and Letiporus often found on Robinia together.

 

 

 

 

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The last piece I cut fell apart and did indeed have white mycelial sheets separating the sections.

[David Humphries]

This is a very very nice set David, a good example of the decay.

I would however like to take you up on a small point, is this really a brittle fracture? or a case of buckling after shear as is classic to the T/r theory?

 

I get your drift Tony regarding the mechanics of the stem failure here, but the cubical brown rot of Phaeolus is described variously by Weber/Mattheck in 'manual of Wood Decays' and again in David Lonsdales 'Principals' as leading to 'Brittle Fracture'

 

Who am I to disagree

 

 

 

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[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

I get your drift Tony regarding the mechanics of the stem failure here, but the cubical brown rot of Phaeolus is described variously by Weber/Mattheck in 'manual of Wood Decays' and again in David Lonsdales 'Principals' as leading to 'Brittle Fracture'

 

Who am I to disagree

 

 

 

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I will confirm this with the masters, but I am confidant they would agree.

 

I know exactly what and why you say it, I would have too some years ago, raises a issue with the literatures doesn't it, misleading/confusing.

[Bewarethemoon]

Here's a few of a Lime we felled this week. As you can see in the first photo it was in close proximity to the clients house.

 

 

 

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[David Humphries]

Here's a few of a Lime we felled this week. As you can see in the first photo it was in close proximity to the clients house

 

Daniel.

 

 

Even reduced that would appear to be a timely removal.

 

Imagine that the garden has lost a fair chunk of biodiversity though, Ganoderma provides a huge habitat range for a wide variety of saproxylics.

 

Any of it stay put?

 

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[David Humphries]

Kretzschmaria failure on lime

 

 

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[David Humphries]

Brown rot of Laetiporus sulphureus decay on oak

 

White mycelium can be seen between the rays and annual rings.

 

 

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[Ross Winchester]

A few sycamore shots from an old wood where we cleared a wind blown

[Ross Winchester]

Another

[David Humphries]

the cubical brown rot of Phaeolus schweinitzii within Pine.

 

Would of made an interesting resonance with a sounding hammer

 

 

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