the body language of Decay, The Delights of D

[Matthew Arnold]

try it and we will see!

 

Will do it tomorrow. And post the result

[Matthew Arnold]

As per Hamas instructions i did a length ways slice of two parts of the squirrel damaged log. They came out pretty well as i did it with a reasonably sharp bowsaw. A chainsaw would have been too rough and the axe may have seperated the rotten wood from the good wood.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

nice one matt, see how much more is revealed by longtudinal dissection.

 

Think we have canker here.

[Matthew Arnold]

nice one matt, see how much more is revealed by longtudinal dissection.

 

Think we have canker here.

 

Oh yes. I think each time i get a branch with a central rot column i shall dissect it longitudinally to see what else is there.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Oh yes. I think each time i get a branch with a central rot column i shall dissect it longitudinally to see what else is there.

 

welcome to my world!

[Matthew Arnold]

welcome to my world!

 

[Matthew Arnold]

Some more longitudinal shots this time of beech that has been sat on the floor for 3 years. The black fungus is Hypoxylon multiforme. I did think it was KD but it had a different texture.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

nice one matt.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

some chatty languages here, about time i added some here!

 

First up what i believe is Phelinus punctatus (unconfirmed) and we can see there is extensive rot of the ripewood of this ash as there is a woodpeckers hole, also a horizontal crack from a partial stem failure. This tree is clearly going down!

 

 

 

 

[Fungus]

First up what i believe is Phelinus punctatus (unconfirmed) and we can see there is extensive rot of the ripewood of this ash as there is a woodpeckers hole, also a horizontal crack from a partial stem failure. This tree is clearly going down!

 

Phellinus punctatus is saprotrophic and mostly fruits from branches with soil contact, so this probably is (an Astkriecher of) the biotrophic parasitic P. igniarius.