Ganoderma

[Nick2204]

Can anyone tell me if, a tree trunk with ganoderma is felled and moved to lets say 1/2 mile away and is placed next to some mature trees, will the fungi spread?

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

if its sporalating yes a distinct possibilty.

[Nick2204]

Thanks

[Fungus]

Can anyone tell me if, a tree trunk with ganoderma is felled and moved to lets say 1/2 mile away and is placed next to some mature trees, will the fungi spread?

 

As for spores of macrofungi dispersed by wind, an ecological "law" holds, which states, that everything (spores) is always present everywhere, the substrate and the abiotic and/or biotic and climatological conditions "select", the moving of the "Gano-trunk" close to some mature trees will not contribute much if at all to the possible infection of other trees, as long as those trees are not damaged/wounded and in good condition.

To give an example : one annual bracket of Polyporus squamosus of about 30 centimetres in diameter, in about a week produces 500.000.000.000 spores of 12 µm each, with which, if one would place them all in a row, one can travel almost 6.000 kilometres.

So if we (would) have a "wooden head", we are highly at risk of saprotrophic macrofungi growing and fruiting on/of it .

Edited May 17, 2011 by Fungus

[alliaria]

As for spores of macrofungi dispersed by wind, an ecological "law" holds, which states, that everything (spores) is always present everywhere, the substrate and the abiotic and/or biotic and climatological conditions "select", the moving of the "Gano-trunk" close to some mature trees will not contribute much if at all to the possible infection of other trees, as long as those trees are not damaged/wounded and in good condition.

To give an example : one annual bracket of Polyporus squamosus of about 30 centimetres in diameter, in about a week produces 500.000.000.000 spores of 12 µm each, with which, if one would place them all in a row, one can travel almost 6.000 kilometres.

 

How do you know this stuff Gerrit? Nuff respect. awesome

[Fungus]

How do you know this stuff ?

 

Would you believe me, if I said I've counted them myself ?

Source : Hermann Jahn (1990). Pilze, die an Holz wachsen. Patzer Verlag, Berlin, page 18, citing research by Parmasto (1978).

[Nick2204]

wow pretty impressive Gerrit thank you very much