is this bad?

[john p]

hi,this is on a large twin stem ash,side of main road,is it a type of honey fungus?has tree had it?cheers!

[Alinicoll]

It looks like some knid of "cup fungi" breaking down. Not harmful. I could be wrong.

[janey]

My instant thought was Jew's Ear, but having looked a bit closer they are quite degraded parasols.

 

Have you tried looking through the Fungi Directory?

 

I'm sure there are a couple of experts on here somewhere that will be along shortly to share their knowledge

[Ian C]

Fell it........... think of all that lovely firewood:sneaky2:

[john p]

Fell it........... think of all that lovely firewood:sneaky2:

 

fire wood gotta stay,gutted!about 8 ton all told.

[Alinicoll]

What does the rest of the tree look like?

[john p]

What does the rest of the tree look like?

 

some daldinia and bits and bobs of dead wood,crown healthy,main concern is the heavy weighting over road,we were contracted to fell a couple of bad ones and reduce this one,but its playing on my mind!!

[Alinicoll]

Can you get away with a crown clean? Are there any major defects other than the fungus and deadwood? Is a reduction over the road going to deal with your misgivings? Its a bit difficult to work out what the fungi is but it may well be nothing so as long as the tree is sound and theres no sign of root shift then a lean isn`t a problem.

 

Sometimes you just have to go with your intuition.

 

Hopefully others may give some input.

[john p]

Can you get away with a crown clean? Are there any major defects other than the fungus and deadwood? Is a reduction over the road going to deal with your misgivings? Its a bit difficult to work out what the fungi is but it may well be nothing so as long as the tree is sound and theres no sign of root shift then a lean isn`t a problem.

 

Sometimes you just have to go with your intuition.

 

Hopefully others may give some input.

 

If fungus benign reduction /clean is cool,hope some one can properly i d it!cheers

[ScottF]

Look like very scabby old honey fungus to me. Check for bootlaces around buttresses near ground level.