Managing Trees with Decay & Dysfunction

[David Humphries]

Quite an impressive example of several fungi working on bringing down and recycling the oak.

 

I may add this Fomes fomentarius into the mix, which comes from a folder regarding a group of shots taken of this Oak back in July 2009.

They appear to be on Oak bark strata (though no contextual shot), and the two shots of the fb had been taken roughly 30 seconds before the shot of the tree (according to the digital information on the shots.

 

Guess my memory isn't what it once was Oh the joy that is digital photography

 

So the list should read in chronological fruiting order seen;

 

Laetiporus sulphureus - June 2009

Fistulina hepatica - June 2009

Fomes fomentarius - July 2009

Ganoderma lucidum - Jan 2012

 

& lots of saprobes inbetween.

 

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[Fungus]

I may add this Fomes fomentarius into the mix, which comes from a folder regarding a group of shots taken of this Oak back in July 2009. They appear to be on Oak bark strata

 

David,

Did you check the spores ? IMO, this might just as well be Phellinus robustus.

[David Humphries]

David,

Did you check the spores ? IMO, this might just as well be Phellinus robustus.

 

No spore check Gerrit. (it was over two years ago )

 

So can't rule that out.

 

 

But we have no records of P. robustus at this site & only 47 known Uk records. Listed as rare and on the red data list here.

 

We do have a fair number of F. fomentarius at this site, on Beech, Oak, Birch & Poplar in relatively close proximity.

 

First shot is the Fomes from the above post, the others are also from here at Hampstead on Birch x2, Poplar & a young Oak.

 

I would think all the below set are F. fomentarius.

But as always, spore check to determine

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[Fungus]

1. But we have no records of P. robustus at this site & only 47 known Uk records. Listed as rare and on the red data list here.

2. I would think all the below set are F. fomentarius.

 

1. And it will stay that way if it isn't checked properly .

2. So do I .

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

1. And it will stay that way if it isn't checked properly .

 

well with any luck my bank manager wil say yeah then I can get some serious kit and me and david can start really going over our finds properly:thumbup1:

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Blimey, that will be the longest viewing field known to man, reaching all the way from Watford to deepest darkest Suffolk

 

 

 

 

 

looking forward to hanging at the Hama Lab

 

 

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Im going to take the plunge and finance the lot in one hit, sick and tired of waiting for a better job/etc.

 

wont be too long, if the manager says yaeh will be ready by autumn harvest!

[David Humphries]

Ash with basal Ganoderma (possibly applanatum) hollowing & crack.

 

A couple of historic branch fractures in the lower canopy (possibly Inonotus hispidus)

 

 

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[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

applanatum does like ash, nice shots

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

think were supposed to say lipsiense these days though, bad habits die hard!

[David Humphries]

Have decided against total removal (at this time) and opted for a damn fine topping.

 

Retains the tree as habitat (especially in an area where the tree nesting birds need all the help they can get, due to the 'big green bullies' !)

 

basal crack was noted to be opening during the last strong winds, so brought out the old girl

 

 

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