Decay images

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Ganoderma resinaceum appears to be far far worse on Q. rubra and cerris. funnily enough as does meripilus, it has to be less durable heartwoods and a less potent chemical/phenol mix

[David Humphries]

Kretschmaria duesta from a Beech at Moccas Park yesterday.

 

 

A soft rot that leads to a brittle stem break that often shows as a horizontal ceramic like fracture.

 

 

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[David Humphries]

Laetiporus sulphureus decay.

 

Brown cubical rot - attacking the cellulose structure of wood cells, leaving the brown coloured lignin as a residue.

 

Noted identify remarks are the brown dryed cubical heart wood, and the sheets of white/cream mycelium, which distinguishes this decay from that of the similar Fistulina hepatica.

 

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More shots of Laetiporus decay from one of the Oak vets at Moccas yesterday......

 

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[David Humphries]

Again from Moccas, here's a Beech gone over with the presence of Meripilus giganteus (also a Ganoderma present on the stem)

 

The roots here have probably been compromised by white rot to the extent that it has left this tree victim to windthrow.

 

 

By the looks of it, a pretty major wind force had ripped down this hill at some point, judging by the trail of failures in the imeadiate vicinity.

 

It should to be noted that there was also Kretzschmaria present upon the remaining root fractures, which imo, was evidence of saprophytic behaviour.

 

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[Ross Winchester]

here is one from today

[David Humphries]

Was it just the Ganoderma present ?

 

 

 

 

More to the point, where have you been for the last couple of years ???

 

Didn't you know truancy was punishable by a long stint in the detention room

 

 

 

 

 

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Edited March 11, 2011 by Monkey-D

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Was it just the Ganoderma present ?

 

 

 

 

More to the point, where have you been for the last couple of years ???

 

Didn't you know truancy was punishable by a long stint in the detention room

 

 

 

 

 

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wot he means is was any I. radiatus present!

[Ross Winchester]

just the ganoderma present ,but diddnt get time to have a close look but will have a better look when i get it on the ground its well hung up.please dont lock me up lol

[David Humphries]

Laetiporus yet again, but a couple of shots to compare over three years.

 

 

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[janey]

I've been following the demise of a large, privately owned horse chestnut local to me over the past few years. It's had an ever increasing amound of necrotic bark, dieback and broken out limbs and G. resinaceum at it's base. Unfortunately, I don't have any pics of this sad tree, but it should have been felled years ago.

 

Finally, the owners saw sense and had it removed today . I managed to get a couple of pics of the associated decay in the stump as I was passing: