Hamadryads diary- a new chapter

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

took some time to find this video, stamets has spoken of this trip a few times and I so wanted to find this footage!

 

In the future, trees and fungi will be taken much more seriously, we will farm the ecologies with great care and attention, and trees and fungi will once more be revered and loved rather than abused and taken for granted.

 

but that will only be possible if we do not lose the old growth before it can happen!

 

Mushroom Man // Current TV

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Had an awesome day out at bens place today, his worksite is paradise to a veteran tree fungi nerd like me!

 

some Ganoderma pfeifferis on Beech (naturaly) a nice Laetiporus failure on Oak limbs, some kretzschmaria on another nice beech, Inonotus cuticularis on ancient Field maple and some Ganoderma applanatums inside oak basal cavity taken through a slit in base and blind!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[David Humphries]

Had an awesome day out at bens place today, his worksite is paradise to a veteran tree fungi nerd like me!

 

Inonotus cuticularis on ancient Field maple :]

 

 

seemingly only 2 campestre associations noted at frdbi.

 

fine tree & find

 

 

 

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[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

seemingly only 2 campestre associations noted at frdbi.

 

fine tree & find

 

 

 

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thats interesting David:thumbup1:

 

its funny ben asked me what associates with them before we found this, I said I dont see enough vetran maples to have a good handle yet but that P. squamosus is to be the expected norm. this seems logical too.

[Fungus]

what associates with them before we found this

 

Tony,

See my post.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Tony,

See my post.

 

thanks for that Gerrit, must have missed that post:biggrin:

 

I have found it also on acers of other varieties Platanoides/psuedoplatanus but never on campestre before. I found hispidus on platanoides too a few weeks back.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

not good news, Sweet chestnut blight is here, and of course its another import, why do we need to import castanea sativa!

 

Sweet chestnut blight found in Britain | Gabriel Hemery

[RobRainford]

not good news, Sweet chestnut blight is here, and of course its another import, why do we need to import castanea sativa!

 

Sweet chestnut blight found in Britain | Gabriel Hemery

 

 

To echo the article authors comments, i really hope that FERA do get adequate resources for this disease, god forbid it hits croft castle!

 

why do we need to import NATIVE species?

[RobArb]

can i get involved:blush:

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

can i get involved:blush:

 

 

 

as long as you don:lol:t preach! eah