the body language of Decay, The Delights of D

[Amelanchier]

Reminds me of the thought experiment where; "A and B want to kill C. A poisons C but just before the poison finishes its job, B shoots C in the head. Who has killed C?"

 

Usually assumed to be B because it was his actions that interrupted the causal chain which would have lead to A being the killer.

 

So even if we twist it to be more representative; "A and B plan to rob C of his hard earned savings [energy]. A's strategy is to poison C and take his savings while he can no longer effectively defend himself. Meanwhile B rocks up and promptly shoots the weakened defenseless C in the head, making the theft much easier. Who has killed C?"

 

Answers on a postcard...

[Ben Ballard]

we had some sycamores that had there roots damaged from a creation of a car park around them about 20 years ago with years of compaction and some large wounds created from low limbs removed .over the years some of the trees have died with honey fungus finishing them of and dryads saddle on some of them hollowing out the pruning wounds,so knowing the history of the site the fungus was taking advantage and not the first cause

[Matthew Arnold]

I got some nice pics of Squirrel damage on Sycamore and the amount of decay in the stems. It is reasonably clear that the tree is trying to compartmentalise the rot but the rot is winning. The fourth pic isn't the best as it still shows the hinge but you get an idea of the depth. The limbs were about 5-6 inches thick and main stem is about 12 inches thick.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

so whois going to tell me about the info in the circle?

 

[Ben Ballard]

is the fungi struggelling to get in to the callus wood

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

is the fungi struggelling to get in to the callus wood

 

Look at the two sides, the ocluding rib on the left is fine, and containing the spread, why has it managed to penetrate the occlusions on the right?

 

What has given it a path of entry?

[RobArb]

an old nail wound?

[Matthew Arnold]

Look at the two sides, the ocluding rib on the left is fine, and containing the spread, why has it managed to penetrate the occlusions on the right?

 

What has given it a path of entry?

 

A bug

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

now, lets get down to it!

 

whats all this telling us?

 

[Ben Ballard]

a old shoot or knot