Chalara fraxinea

[Fungus]

I will go and have a look on the Forest research site but thats nothing ive seen here yet and I do look at absolutely anything peculiar on any trees i work on. it wasnt clear from the images what sort of region these anamorphs and peeling barks come from on the tree itself. so my question is, is there a diameter limit to the symptoms?

 

Tony,

The anamorphs were 0.5 to 1.0 centimetres in diameter, they grew on an one to two fingers thick dead branch hanging downward at about 2.5 metres height, I had to bent it down to make the photo. The bark necrosis was on 2.5 metres height at the trunk of a 60-80 years old still living ash and measured about 1.5 metres vertical times 30 centimetres horizontal.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Tony,

The anamorphs were 0.5 to 1.0 centimetres in diameter, they grew on an one to two fingers thick dead branch hanging downward at about 2.5 metres height, I had to bent it down to make the photo. The bark necrosis was on 2.5 metres height at the trunk of a 60-80 years old still living ash and measured about 1.5 metres vertical times 30 centimetres horizontal.

 

I will keep a sharp eye on ash from now on, always suspected hispidus in ash die backs, and not got close as I know this relationship well, this means I will have to look harder at those ash on the horizon that show distress.

[Fungus]

I will keep a sharp eye on ash from now on, always suspected hispidus in ash die backs, and not got close as I know this relationship well, this means I will have to look harder at those ash on the horizon that show distress.

 

Tony,

Also look up high on dead ashes, because on two of the trees killed by Chalara fraxinea, I saw Hirneola auricula-judae fruiting on or at the base of major and minor branches at 6 to 10 metres height. See photo.

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[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Gerrit, I found the jelly ear in association with massaria today also, it is hosting on many new substrates, as a child I only ever saw this on elder or chestnuts, now, norway maples, platanus etc

[Fungus]

jelly ear ... it is hosting on many new substrates, as a child I only ever saw this on elder or chestnuts, now, norway maples, platanus etc

 

So did I and I also collected it from Ulmus, Populus, Euonymus and often from Fagus, on which it can fruit with single "ears" measuring up to 15 centimetres in diameter.

[Fungus]

Today Dutch television and radio both had an item on the killing of ashes by Chalara fraxinea, which within one and a half year has spread all over The Netherlands. The spores travel by air infecting the trees from above, as is shown by its spreading at great speed from Finland to Poland, from there on to the northern parts of Germany (Rügen) and then to The Netherlands and southern Denmark (Falster).

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

only a question of time before it gets here then, short trip across the channel

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

Well it's in FJ this month. Site I maintain in South Devon has it loud and proud...

[Xerxses]

It has reached Gävle in Sweden, travelling north along the E4....

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

FERA say we cant ban imports from Holland because it will breach trade agreements, this is BS! France dont tolerate this situation and ban imports. Im not at all happy that despite the 30 year disease import industry link via Holland we STILL put up with it. When will our industry stand up grow a pair and say ENOUGH!