Fistulina hepatica

[David Humphries]

Very clear & well framed set of vids Tony.

 

Best way to get your thoughts over imo, well done for taking the time.

 

 

Walkin in from the camera is a tad clumsy, maybe come in from the side of the shot.

 

But my biggest gripe is.............

 

..................they in no way give the viewer the reality that the Hamadryad is actualy completely bonkers

 

 

Add a little charisma, maybe wear a Fomes hat or something

 

 

 

 

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[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Very clear & well framed set of vids Tony.

 

Best way to get your thoughts over imo, well done for taking the time.

 

 

Walkin in from the camera is a tad clumsy, maybe come in from the side of the shot.

 

But my biggest gripe is.............

 

..................they in no way give the viewer the reality that the Hamadryad is actualy completely bonkers

 

 

Add a little charisma, maybe wear a Fomes hat or something

 

 

 

 

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I was just nervous, didnt expect to be, but oddly was, I think this may be a good way to get used to speaking to an audience, though my work buddy ripped the flippin arse out of me this morning!

 

as for allowing that eccentricity to come out time im sure will see it come to the fore, along with the confidence!

 

Valuable and appreciated comments that I will take note of and try harder, difficult when they are self shot.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Can you see what I see? I am sure in time the pattern will reveal itself:thumbup1:

 

 

 

 

 

[Fungus]

Can you see what I see? I am sure in time the pattern will reveal itself

 

Again, great documentation of a both tree (Castanea sativa, Quercus robur) and fungus species specific association .

Edited August 8, 2011 by Fungus

[Fungus]

Documentation of Fistulina hepatica fruiting on an old oak with a big FB from a by its mycelium created, on top opened up cavity at the base of a major root, which has partially died because of renewal of the pavement with tarmac of a footpath, which was a not very much compressed dirt path before, causing "smothering" of the root and depriving it of water and nutrients.

The mycelium only has decomposed the heart wood without causing bark and cambium necrosis, as it normally would have at the base of a trunk with horizontally organised yearrings and radial rays. The decomposed year rings in the root are now organized in a vertical direction, which makes the root vulnerable for disintegrating and being drawn apart like an extending telescope.

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[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

 

 

[Fungus]

Photo 1. An update on a open wound inside a big bark and cambium necrosis on an old oak, out of which last year F. hepatica (maybe) was fruiting for the last time (?).

Photo 2. Fruiting for the first time of F. hepatica from the connection of the base of a major root to the trunk base of an oak with minimal necrosis visible.

Photo 3/4. An old oak with two big necrosis bucklings at one half to one metre height of the trunk, from one of which this year F. hepatica is fruiting for the first time.

Photo 5. Final phase of bark and cambium necrosis with exposure of dead wood at the base of an oak.

Photo 6. Saw cut of the trunk base with traces of activity (pocket rot) of the mycelium of F. hepatica at the level of the outside bark and cambium necrosis on an oak.

 

All photo's are from the same Dutch location, the park in front and to the side of the estate of Groeneveld castle (Baarn) and the oaks are standing in the same lane as the row of oaks in the first photo in different phases of infection with Armillaria ostoyae. When an oak is colonized by F. hepatica, Armillaria ostoyae is absent, when Armillaria is present, F. hepatica fails.

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Edited August 26, 2011 by Fungus

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Gerrit are you saying that armillaria cause the retraction of F. hepatica?

[Fungus]

are you saying that armillaria cause the retraction of F. hepatica?

 

No, I don't know which one does what to the other, I'm just noticing they don't colonize the same oaks at this location, a phenomenon, that I did see elswhere, as is shown in the following photo of a veteran oak with a necrosis of F. hepatica to the right of the trunk base and large patches of deformed and shedded bark caused by (rhizomorphs of) Armillaria ostoyae in front.

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[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

No, I don't know which one does what to the other, I'm just noticing they don't colonize the same oaks at this location, a phenomenon, that I did see elswhere, as is shown in the following photo of a veteran oak with a necrosis of F. hepatica to the right of the trunk base and large patches of deformed and shedded bark caused by (rhizomorphs of) Armillaria ostoyae in front.

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Are we starting to note a distinct lack of competitive spirit in the old F. hepatica gerrit? it cant handle the pressence of many others too, Ganoderma sp, inonotus dryadeus etc and now possibly armillaria. is it an older more primitive fungi, with less capable combative chemicals?