Managing Trees with Decay & Dysfunction

[Doug Blease]

Many thanks.

[David Humphries]

We took this Armillaria infected chestnut down to a monolith 3/4 years ago.

 

Joggers used to run behind it.

 

For some reason they've decided to start running under the lean of the mono so we have now reduced the tree down to Herr Matthecks suggested height for urban standing deadwood.

 

 

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[treeseer]

here's a q laurifolia with foamy conk. i was told there are guttation drops

[David Humphries]

Looks fungal/slime mouldy

 

 

How high off the ground Guy?

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[treeseer]

Looks fungal/slime mouldy"

 

From the ground i was told of droplets and thought I dryadeus, but the droplets are large and clear (maybe just actual water due to recent rains? Has none of the characteristics /bumpiness/features of I dryadeus, but maybe the fb is very young?

 

"How high off the ground?"

 

8m or so, on the first scaffold; I. d. has a rep as a buttrotter but have seen it inside cracks on Carya illlinoinensis at similar height.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[David Humphries]

Don't think its I. dryadeus Guy.

 

Perhaps Arantiporus, have a look here

 

Can you get a slice?

 

 

Any shots of the whole tree?

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[David Humphries]

Snow loading failures on our coniferous populations are becoming an increasing hazard with the severe white stuff we've been having over the last few years.

 

This one last winter

 

 

 

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[David Humphries]

The issue is (in part) public safety but also the fact that some of these are iconic having been painted by Constable nearly 2 hundred years ago.

 

 

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[David Humphries]

Some of these vets have trunk & branch brown rot issues of Phaeolus as well as basal decay of Hetrobasidion.

 

We decided to reduce the risk of snow loading on the branches of the vets by gently shaking the snow off.

 

 

 

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[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

here's a q laurifolia with foamy conk. i was told there are guttation drops

 

I think Davids made a good calll but for me on a close up this appears Hydnoid, toothy, suspect this to be Hericium erinaceus once harvested and regrown.

 

Auranti is lippy rather than blobby, for technical terms!

 

Just my pennies worth, nice find Guy