The diary of an obsessive compulsive arborist

Tony Croft aka hamadryad · June 27, 2012

No worriers, haven't had a chance to be soooo geeky for ages

[email protected].

Lol, thats a sign that one is becoming a knowledgable chap, that something so rare inspires one to go a rooting about. :thumbup1:

thanks, been meaning to buzz him for ages about the new Trogiis too.

Tony Croft aka hamadryad · June 29, 2012

Fungi may have ended coal era › News in Science (ABC Science)

Tony Croft aka hamadryad · July 1, 2012

Well that makes a lot of sense, been calling this merulius but finding out its a phlebia makes a whole load more sense.

Phlebia tremellosa (MushroomExpert.Com)

Tony Croft aka hamadryad · July 21, 2012

David, what do you make of this odd little fellow! i think host was a red oak stump, felled to halo that oak in my vet thread last post. Panic fruiting is obvious, but despite the perenniporia like flesh and colour and obvious panic, what about them pores? now I think this needs sending to Martyn, got it in my bag! :001_cool:

Not much gets me, but Perenniporia with massive pores? :crazy:

David Humphries · July 22, 2012

I don't think it's Perenniporia Tony.

Interesting one.

Where's das Keiser when you need him :001_rolleyes:

No resources here, will try and look in to it when I'm back down.

Something is tugging at my memory banks but can't focus on anything specific.

Spongipellis ?

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Tony Croft aka hamadryad · July 22, 2012

I don't think it's Perenniporia Tony.

Interesting one.

Where's das Keiser when you need him

No resources here, will try and look in to it when I'm back down.

Something is tugging at my memory banks but can't focus on anything specific.

Spongipellis ?

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Looking good, Nice lead David, new one on me hence the troubled fung hunter! shall now have a root about and try to define which one, there are 8 apparently

Tony Croft aka hamadryad · July 27, 2012

Anyone who knows me cant deny this fungi is my lucky charm, I find so many of them it beggars belief! Ive been waiting 6 years for this fruiting, oh yes, I knew there was something going on but in all honesty my radar must have been off as I suspected G. resinaceum. The two have different languages generally, but I have seen a few cases now where Inonotus dryadeus is limited to a very low zone at the root crown as with this one, like the other cases all fruit bodies low and totally girdling the base.

Im posting because it is in a location that offers much to consider, as you can see. it also re iterates my point that we very much over estimate the dangers, which I wont deny are real, this one needs carefull consideration. However it does not alter the very real fact that trees all around us are often colonised by fungi that have high rated risk factors and over emphasised ones at that.

It takes decades for the languages of decay to show, and decades agiain before they have built enough momentum and energy to fruit and reveal themselves. At which point we come along and suddenly theres a great panic!

Golden rule- DONT PANIC! the tree was stood there for years before you saw it! so relax and consider it its a rare case that falls down overnight just cos you saw it!

You cant will a tree to fall you know!

There are hundreds of thousands of trees like this roadside and within your community, they've been there like that for decades, often hundreds of years, nothing happens quickly with trees, especially big ones.

Big tree failures in towns like this are a rare occurrence, but the fungi are far from a rare occurrence, give it some thought, its really not that hard.

One thing to note in THIS case is the tree is now in distress, there are many more pressures on the RPA now than 50-100 years ago, there are ways and means to manage this tree but realism suggests this species cant tolerate the pressures of a new world. sadly