Oak SGRs + Hollow + Kd + Wound spread + Crack = Remove

[Pete Bannister]

'Oak SGRs + Hollow + Kd + Wound spread + Crack = Remove'

 

Is that not a statement of Bayesian probabbilty?

[Fungus]

Is that not a statement of Bayesian probability ?

 

Pete,

Bayesian also meaning biased and scientifically invalid ?

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

I am more concerned by the crack diagnosis, this looks like possibly adaptation and rapid incremental growth, does it go right through the stem? if no, doubt its a crack unless there is a barn door failure occurring which is highly unlikely given the reduction.

 

black foam like material? if crunchy like cocoa pops then poss KD, otherwise soft not a chance in hell.

[Fungus]

black foam like material? if crunchy like cocoa pops then poss KD, otherwise soft not a chance in hell.

 

Tony,

See my post on K. deusta on Acer.

[Pete Bannister]

Pete,

Bayesian also meaning biased and scientifically invalid ?

 

Hi Gerrit

 

I went to see my doctor: he’s told me I’m going to die..but thankfully its only hypothetical; there’s no proof yet.

Was my doctor un-scientific in using that little piece of Bayesian probability?

[Fungus]

I went to see my doctor: he’s told me I’m going to die..but thankfully its only hypothetical; there’s no proof yet. Was my doctor un-scientific in using that little piece of Bayesian probability?

 

Pete,

Not if he was communicating a self fullfilling prophecy .

[Pete Bannister]

Pete,

Not if he was communicating a self fullfilling prophecy .

HaHa....Yes maybe

but its too late now to debate philosophy with a Fungus.

[treeseer]

I am more concerned by the crack diagnosis, this looks like possibly adaptation and rapid incremental growth,

The tissues are freshly frayed; the sap is palpable. No need to ID the fungus at the top; any fb coming out of the sapwood of a hollow tree is no good.

black foam like material? if crunchy like cocoa pops then poss KD, otherwise soft not a chance in hell.

Thank you Tony; that is what i thought. Beware the COCOA pOPS! For all i know it could be from an automobile; many cars hit these trees. but the trees with fungi will get a closer look soon; maybe tomography. 4 have I.d. and a few gano :thumbdown:

[Fungus]

1. The tissues are freshly frayed; the sap is palpable. No need to ID the fungus at the top; any fb coming out of the sapwood of a hollow tree is no good.

2. that is what i thought. Beware the COCOA POPS! For all i know it could be from an automobile; many cars hit these trees.

3. but the trees with fungi will get a closer look soon; maybe tomography... a few gano

 

1. No need to ID the fungus ? Any fb coming out of the sapwood is no good ? How do you assess the effects of an unidentified fungus, of which most are saprotrophic white rotters only superficially decomposing dead wood and how do you assess the mycelium is constricted to invading living tissue (sap wood), which would mean it is a parasitic macrofungus.

2. That is what you thought ? What did Kd in your snappy "formula" refer to then ? So K. deusta in reality is motor oil ? There goes your diagnosis of an aggressive soft rotter responsible for hollowing the tree down the drain. Is this your idea of meticulous assessment ?

3. Tomography without properly identifying the macrofungi first ?

Edited October 22, 2011 by Fungus

[treeseer]

1. ...How do you assess the effects of an unidentified fungus,

 

with a rubber mallet, and probes.

 

2. ... Is this your idea of meticulous assessment ?

 

Meticulous assessment of fungi was not assigned This is a tree risk assessment, in progress. It'll be meticulous enough to do the job; I was not hired to conduct an encyclopedic inventory of microorganisms, or a forensic accounting of the tree's decay over time.

 

3. Tomography without properly identifying the macrofungi first ?

 

Yes, the name of the fungus does not matter when there is not enough wood left to hold the tree up. this forum's called Tree Health Care. As fascinating as the may be, not all mycological aspects are relevant.