Ash with basal fungi and longtitudal cracks.

[Beezy]

Hi all,

 

Looked at this Ash tree today, with lots of basal fungal fruiting bodies, which myself and colleaugue think are perenniporia fraxinea? If so, I am aware that this is a worrying sign of rapid decline, with 'The Birmingham Ash' in mind, and needs urgent action. Customer informed.

 

It gets worse, the many cracks that have developed up the main stem are wide enough to fit a biro into, and extend up to crown break.

 

Lets not even go into the nearby targets!!

 

Needless to say, i've quoted for a MEWP dismantle, but confirmation of the fungi diagnosis would be good.

 

The last pic is a bracket cut in half, clearly showing the lines and layers that also leads toward p.fraxinea?

 

Cheers

Beezy

Edited September 10, 2010 by Monkey-D

[Beezy]

Ps Can a Mod flip pic4 180degs cheers!!

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

fell it yesterday!

[David Humphries]

Based on flesh & tube slice (similar in colour), I would say with the reservation that this is based on just a bunch of photos,

that the young forming brackets are P. fraxinea.

 

 

 

 

It has to be said though, that you can't get a confirmed Id on the internet.

 

For that you really need to be looking at pore shape, spore colour & size etc.........

 

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Edited September 10, 2010 by Monkey-D

[Beezy]

Thanks MonkeyD for the link to the other pics. I had reservations as most of other the P.fraxinea pics show a well formed bracket. Would the ones on my tree pics be young and early forming ones, that should develop into more textbook brackets?

 

Thanks for info.

Beezy

[David Humphries]

Would the ones on my tree pics be young and early forming ones, that should develop into more textbook brackets?

 

 

Yep, though I wouldn't make a call on the dark older one in pic 4.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Bundle 2]

Hi all,

 

Looked at this Ash tree today, with lots of basal fungal fruiting bodies, which myself and colleaugue think are perenniporia fraxinea? If so, I am aware that this is a worrying sign of rapid decline, with 'The Birmingham Ash' in mind, and needs urgent action. Customer informed.

 

It gets worse, the many cracks that have developed up the main stem are wide enough to fit a biro into, and extend up to crown break.

 

Lets not even go into the nearby targets!!

 

Needless to say, i've quoted for a MEWP dismantle, but confirmation of the fungi diagnosis would be good.

 

The last pic is a bracket cut in half, clearly showing the lines and layers that also leads toward p.fraxinea?

 

Cheers

Beezy

 

Reassuring post!

Get it down......

[Pommie]

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Edited September 12, 2010 by Steve Bullman
pointless

[JonnyVine]

fell it yesterday!

 

He might not need to, theres a good breeze forecast tonight