Oak Myco associations

[Fungus]

How often were you visiting the study sites ? The Oaks in question are possibly 3-350 years old. They're certainly old trees in the original shot above from the turn of the last century.

 

The sites, which were close to one of my (over the years several) Dutch and German homes and summer houses year round on a weekly to monthly basis for 8 (German Eifel) to - for three sites in The Netherlands - 12 years. The sites, which were within 100 kilometres of my Dutch homes 3-5 times a year, once in spring and the other visits during the period of August untill November for 3-5 years in a row.

[David Humphries]

The sites, which were close to one of my (over the years several) Dutch and German homes and summer houses year round on a weekly to monthly basis for 8 (German Eifel) to - for three sites in The Netherlands - 12 years. The sites, which were within 100 kilometres of my Dutch homes 3-5 times a year, once in spring and the other visits during the period of August untill November for 3-5 years in a row.

 

Thanks Gerrit.

 

were you describing absolutely everything even down to the macroscopic Myxomycetes ?

 

Did you have any specific recording parameters ?

Did you get anyone in to do the species up in the trees or just rely on optics from ground level ?

 

Cheers D

 

 

 

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[RobArb]

You have the best job david:thumbup:

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

You have the best job david:thumbup:

 

its true, and he knows it.

 

But I also think he has earnt it, deserves it, and is the best man for his post.

[David Humphries]

You have the best job david:thumbup:

 

Being a night time visitor secretly stealing into the Harem for the Ottoman Sultans,

& entertaining all the beauties of the age,

may have tipped the balance to being the best job in the world.

 

But mine's a close second

 

 

 

its true, and he knows it.

 

But I also think he has earnt it, deserves it, and is the best man for his post.

 

Ta Hama

 

I am blessed with a goodun, but it does come with a fair bit of "going beyond" to get the freedom to work like I do.

 

 

 

 

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[Fungus]

1. were you describing absolutely everything even down to the macroscopic Myxomycetes ?

2. Did you have any specific recording parameters ?

3. Did you get anyone in to do the species up in the trees or just rely on optics from ground level ?

 

1. If possible - depending on the size of the researched forests and wood lands - yes, all macromycetes associated with all parts of the trees (ectomycorrhizal, parasitic, saprobiotic), with the exception of all of the myxomycetes, because they are no or not an essential factor in forest ecology.

2. Yes, again depending on the size of the research objects and the time table (one time inventory, several visits in one year, year round visits and monitoring over 3-5 or more years, etc.), the methods of assessing all species within prechosen representative plots (100 x 100 metre) or grids (10 x 10 metre) with comparable control sites and same traject or transsection inventories were applied and implemented. Within a plot or grid and the control sites, all species were identified. In some projects, all FB's of all species present on or within the range of each tree of the plot or grid were counted and specified. In one project on spontaneous forest regeneration after a storm, which felled 40 % of all trees (Douglas, Abies grandis, Pinus, Picea, Larix and Betula), this was done over a period of 3 years.

Some other examples :

-Two projects of immense parks (Rotterdam, Utrecht) with different integrated woodlands and lanes on different soil types were done in 3 sections over at least 5 years : the first year a complete inventory of section 1, the second year a complete inventory of section 2 and monitoring of section 1, the third year a complete inventory of section 3 and monitoring of section 1 and 2 and the following two to five years monitoring of all sections took place.

- In an old beech forest with lots of oaks (Q. robus/rubra), Betula and Pinus, in 1991 a project started with a complete inventory after which monitoring over 8 years took place. I still return to this site at least once a year and can yearly add new species to the list.

- a river side "griend" (= wicker ?) with pollarded willows was listed and monitored for 15 years.

- In the Eifel (mixed forests of Q. robur, Carpinus and Corylus, beach woods, Populus tremula woods and spruce forests), after a first completed inventory, I almost weekly visited all plots and grids and took an inventory along predetermined trajects or transsections for 8 years.

- In The Netherlands, Belgium, Luxemburg and Germany (and Sweden), I sometimes asked one or more (specialised) collegues to go to one of my sites with me to complete the assessment even more, which I also did in return on some of their research sites.

- Over the years, I collected hundreds of thousands of data pro site on the macrofungi of over 40 regularely visited Dutch sites and about 25 more (Eifel) or less frequently visited sites in other countries.

3. No, not necessary, I used telelenses and binoculars to identify and document species high up the trees and checked every year whether branches had fallen down to make 100 % sure the (bark pioneer) species were identified correctly.

[David Humphries]

You must be almost getting nearly quite good at all this surveying malarky then

 

 

 

 

 

Appreciate the info Gerrit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Fungus]

... surveying malarky ...

 

David,

With the meaning of the slang word "malarky" being "exaggerated or foolish talk, usually intended to deceive" in mind ? Thanks for the compliment .

[David Humphries]

David,

With the meaning of the slang word "malarky" being "exaggerated or foolish talk, usually intended to deceive" in mind ? Thanks for the compliment .

 

 

Possibly the lack of a smiley didn't give the right impression on the original 'Malarky' comment, Gerrit.

 

I was trying to be funny.

 

It's a weird Brittish thing we do

 

 

 

 

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[Fungus]

Possibly the lack of a smiley didn't give the right impression on the original 'Malarky' comment ... I was trying to be funny. It's a weird Brittish thing we do

 

As I already understood from the start , but because I could not find the word in my English dictionary and are eager to learn new things, including the meaning of words in a foreign language, I looked it up on the internet with the before cited result , with which I wanted to "confront" you by returning the joke .