young fomes

[Ben Ballard]

i been driving past this tree on a regular basis hadnt been past for 2 week then this appeared about 5"dia the tree has older brackets on it higher up just past the fork now 2 appeared on trunk was just surprised how fast they appeared

[Fungus]

the tree has older brackets on it higher up just past the fork now 2 appeared on trunk was just surprised how fast they appeared

 

Ben,

What tree species ?

[Ben Ballard]

its a Beech tree

[Fungus]

its a Beech tree

 

And how old do you think the other brackets higher up the tree are ?

[Ben Ballard]

i havent been up to look at them hama could tell you as i let him take one home when he was here,before my time the last woods man showed me photos of the tree from about 15 years ago with a beech that had uprooted fallen in to the fork of this one causing a bit of damage in the fork and had to be pulled out with a 10 tonwinch as stem was in the fork with root in the air dont know if this has any relevence.a lot of the big beech on the park with fungi have a x scribed on the trunk makes me think pre hurricane a big thinning was going to take place or have been marked as some kind of survey but no one i have asked knows anything about it .

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

i would not like to disect the bracket i took to get acuracy of bracket age, it is a treasured item i look at most days as it sits on my mantel. Yes indeed i do love my fungi very much, sad as you may think me!

 

but looking at it i would guess 6-8 years old

[Fungus]

looking at it i would guess 6-8 years old

 

Ben,

In combination with the two newly and rapidly formed bulbous brackets, I would assume the latter two to be panic fruitings, which implies, that the tree must be intensively monitored for signs of delamination or sheer cracking of the trunk or major branches by the mycelial felts of F. fomentarius.

[Ben Ballard]

your right gerrit i have seen cracks on one of the lower limbs at its union,the tree up in the woods so not a hazard, i will enjoy watching the fungi do its work i imagine in time it will be just a stump with the limbs broke off will post some better pics when next going past.

[Ben Ballard]

A fair size now

 

 

[PhilBeech]

Is that a vertical crack above and below the bracket?