Yup, need help... ID

[Xerxses]

Hi!

Could do with some help on this one...

Really poor pictures, but hopefully youll be able to help me id this little fella:001_huh: grows really low on a Quercus robur. I´m doing a root survey and trying to establish the best way to improve livingconditions for this tree.

Will put up pictures as this projects develops...

Thanks!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Finally got me self a new computer and will have the ability to upload pics again...yey!!)

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Looks like a gano, probably autrale, but ive got a similar black bracket on robur that I do not yet feel is identified iether.

 

Are you trying to establish acurate ident for strategy and implicational purposes?

 

if so a specialist lab is the way to go, dont know where you would send it for a swedish job!

 

otherwise, its a white rot of the butt and roots, that much you can be certain of

[Xerxses]

Looks like a gano, probably autrale, but ive got a similar black bracket on robur that I do not yet feel is identified iether.

 

Are you trying to establish acurate ident for strategy and implicational purposes?

 

if so a specialist lab is the way to go, dont know where you would send it for a swedish job!

 

otherwise, its a white rot of the butt and roots, that much you can be certain of

 

Thanks Hama!

Its a tricky one I find...leaning towards australe...only thing is that it has not been recorded around my area before. Looking into labs, museum of nature might be able to help

 

Quite right on the implication thing, we are looking to spend some money on this oak, it would be nice if he didnt fall over within a year or so...

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Thanks Hama!

Its a tricky one I find...leaning towards australe...only thing is that it has not been recorded around my area before. Looking into labs, museum of nature might be able to help

 

Quite right on the implication thing, we are looking to spend some money on this oak, it would be nice if he didnt fall over within a year or so...

 

I would suspect it is G. australe, and I dont think ive ever noted an incedence of it on oak myself, least not for CERTAIN. I know Australe can and does absolutely rip through Horse chestnut as though there was no defenses at all:thumbdown: simulary other similar wood, like lime, but oak is a very resilient creature, and I doubt australe could or would do anything like the damage one might expect in other trees:001_smile:

 

Im afraid from an implications point of view i cant be of much use, if this is australe as there is little "good science" done on this particular host/fungi combo.

 

If your going to spend money on this tree and want to retain it in the longer term maybe you REALY DO need to look hard and address your cringe feelings towards heavy reduction/pollards, especialy regarding oak, one of the most suitable species of all.

 

I wouldnt give up on preservation of an Oak in any but the most dire of scenarios. they are such hardy trees with sheer grit and determination to survive, especialy if its a mere fungus trying to have away with it.