Inonotus hispidus

[Mark Bolam]

Tone, in Ash does it encourage invasion by other parasitic forms?

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

I think it may depend on the stage that we observe the rot,

on the other hand disregarding inonotus have you related brown cubicle and white rots in relation to ring porous and diffuse porous timbers ?

 

I dont get what your asking me?

 

Tone, in Ash does it encourage invasion by other parasitic forms?

 

No not in my experience, in fact I would say it was quiet good at defending its territory against other upper canopy parasites, with one exception, auricularia mesenterica but this is more a cambium parasite than the ripewood decaying hispidus so not really the same deal.

[Ben Ballard]

i remember when first started to look for fungi confused hispidus thinking it was a big beefsteak because the look of it and the brown colour in the wood,how wrong was i:lol:

[Gollum]

I dont get what your asking me?

 

No nor do I it's getting late I will re post it another time

[Fungus]

No not in my experience, in fact I would say it was quiet good at defending its territory against other upper canopy parasites, with one exception, auricularia mesenterica but this is more a cambium parasite than the ripewood decaying hispidus so not really the same deal.

 

Also see Inonotus strategies. And take into account, that I. hispidus (mainly) is a biotrophic parasite of trees associating with endomycorrhizal microfungi.

[ScottF]

and how about the rot of Hispidus, is it white rot? they say a soft rot possible? but where it is a cavity former i see a very brown decay? is this the result of the soft rot associated with hispidus, or is it preferential cellulose degredation hence the almost brown cubical character often seen in ash colonised within the ripewood regions

 

I think I know what you're referring to, Tony. I don't think we can rule out another organism causing the brown rot (or at least brown colour) you're seeing. Could be part of a common, but ill-described syndrome.

 

Again, interesting stuff.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

I think I know what you're referring to, Tony. I don't think we can rule out another organism causing the brown rot (or at least brown colour) you're seeing. Could be part of a common, but ill-described syndrome.

 

Again, interesting stuff.

 

I have traced the brown rot, and it is hispidus colonisation/decay, there is a cracker in the Kingswood training ground, I was pondering if this browngold rot was chicken in ash, then it clicked, for me anyway, of course I said its hispidus, niether brown nor fitting of true brown rot.

 

definatley want to scope this hispidus one day:001_cool:

[Fungus]

I have traced the brown rot, and it is hispidus colonisation/decay, there is a cracker in the Kingswood training ground, I was pondering if this browngold rot was chicken in ash, then it clicked, for me anyway, of course I said its hispidus, niether brown nor fitting of true brown rot.

 

Tony,

I think you mean this type of "moist" pale brownish rot (photo 1), as is also caused by I. cuticularis in beech, on which in the end phase of wood decay Hericium coralloides may fruit (photo 2).

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Thats good to know, I was begining to recognise a certain tonal range where hericiums where found, more bits of the jigsaw.

[swinny]

Its unbelieveable the amount of knowledge you guy's have

 

I spotted a bracket a while ago that i suspect to be Inonotus hispidus on an ash, its been there for a while and had darkened a lot in the time it has been there, its black now, This is a large ash and it also has signs of fibre buckling/ compression on another large limb, Also spotted some fungi on the ground near to the stem, these have now gone black and have all wilted and fallen over.

 

Sorry for the de rail just enjoy looking at these threads

 

Keep up the good work