the body language of Decay, The Delights of D

[sloth]

Keep things coming hama, don't be put off. This is one the most interesting threads I've followed and you obviously have a lot to share. I for one have learnt a lot already, and a lot of people could learn a lot more!

If you feel the need for better explanations and examples I understand the need to make the subject matter as perfect as possible, it is a subject which is clearly close to your heart and means a lot. If you restart another, I'll be there, I'm sure many more will be also. Thanks for things so far.

[rootstoshoots]

believe it or not, there is not much talk about it, i also go to treebuzz.com and every now and then they will post something to id on fungi. i personally am trying to learn all i can about it, i never realized the role it plays in the decay of trees. now i must say we do not have nearly what i have seen on this thread i have a book by Christopher J. Luley called wood decay fungi and it is a small book. of course it is only for the Northeast and Central usa. so i really love this, i am learning alot of new ones. and the photos are superb.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

believe it or not, there is not much talk about it, i also go to treebuzz.com and every now and then they will post something to id on fungi. i personally am trying to learn all i can about it, i never realized the role it plays in the decay of trees. now i must say we do not have nearly what i have seen on this thread i have a book by Christopher J. Luley called wood decay fungi and it is a small book. of course it is only for the Northeast and Central usa. so i really love this, i am learning alot of new ones. and the photos are superb.

 

Oh I believe it!

 

try and get your hands on the manual of wood decay by mattheck, thats a good starter, relevent to USA too, as you have many fungi that basicaly have similar strategies, and you have many of the same fungi there, like laetiporus for example, i believe you have one form of it that is deeper orange than ours.

[rootstoshoots]

we have Laetiporus sulphureus, it is not a real deep orange, i will look for the book you suggest. your website is the bomb. i like the arbor-ecology mentality, i believe this is where arboriculture is headed. i also am into this aspect of it.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

we have Laetiporus sulphureus, it is not a real deep orange, i will look for the book you suggest. your website is the bomb. i like the arbor-ecology mentality, i believe this is where arboriculture is headed. i also am into this aspect of it.

 

the best of arbor ecology is found here

 

Arborecology Ltd

[Bundle 2]

Just want to stick my oar in to say...I would hunt down "Fungal Strategies of Wood Decay in Trees" by Schwarze, Engels & Mattheck (isbn3-540-67205-2) before getting the "Manual of Decay"....It is a better book, more breadth of information and detail.....the thing is, you can take it or leave it (in the sense that it can be easily used as a reference for specific fungi/host relationships without getting bogged down in the more scientificdetail), use it as a reference and or dip into the early chapters for crucial info about wood anatomy and fungal strategies in the round...

Im sure Hama wont mind me saying this...Top book.

 

tim

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Just want to stick my oar in to say...I would hunt down "Fungal Strategies of Wood Decay in Trees" by Schwarze, Engels & Mattheck (isbn3-540-67205-2) before getting the "Manual of Decay"....It is a better book, more breadth of information and detail.....the thing is, you can take it or leave it (in the sense that it can be easily used as a reference for specific fungi/host relationships without getting bogged down in the more scientificdetail), use it as a reference and or dip into the early chapters for crucial info about wood anatomy and fungal strategies in the round...

Im sure Hama wont mind me saying this...Top book.

 

tim

 

Whilst bundle is correct and this volume is a VERY worthy work, it is for the unitiated a little heavy going, and considerably more expensive, the manual is more than sufficient to give you a platform of knowledge and give you the confidence to tackle the deeper side, but entirley up to you of course.

[RobArb]

Is this an example (albeit little) of fibre buckling at the base?

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Is this an example (albeit little) of fibre buckling at the base?

 

Thats a young tree to have those kind of symptoms, expect this is more folds being caused by rapid expansion.

[RobArb]

nice one was bitterly cold today, actually got a day off to go explore and take some piccy's! (hint hint the blog:lol:)