Fomes fomentarius

[Fungus]

In The Netherlands and Germany, this is becoming a common phenomenon, a beech woodland with young beeches, killed by F. fomentarius, losing their bark while still standing. The same goes for woodlands, which are dominated by birches of all ages also under attack of Piptoporus betulinus and/or Daedaleopsis confragosa.

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[David Humphries]

Extensive white rot caused by Fomes on this young Beech.........

 

 

 

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[RobArb]

Extensive white rot caused by Fomes on this young Beech.........

 

 

 

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Thats one way of using a mallet!

 

Sent from Rob's GalaxySII

[David Humphries]

Thats one way of using a mallet!

 

 

Habitat creation

 

 

 

 

 

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[Fungus]

Extensive white rot caused by Fomes on this young Beech.........

 

David,

Quite a job the "arborist's little helper" already had been doing. And also see my thread on Fomes fomentarius on a bifurcated beech with poor unions.

[David Humphries]

David,

Quite a job the "arborist's little helper" already had been doing.

 

Absolutely.

 

I once thought this fungus as rare at my site, but now having numerously found it on Oak, Beech, Birch & Poplar I now see it as a major coliniser here and the woodys must love that.

 

It would be very interesting to compare the woodpecker populations of both this site & a similar sized site without as much Fomes evident.

 

 

 

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[Fungus]

... the woodys must love that. It would be very interesting to compare the woodpecker populations of both this site & a similar sized site without as much Fomes evident.

 

In The Netherlands, along with Quercus rubra and Q. robur brown rotted by Laetiporus sulphureus and/or Daedalea quercina or white rotted by Phellinus robustus.

[sean]

I guess this video of Neville Fay talking about fomes belongs here........i have the biggest fomes bracket from this specific tree in my collection (it got kicked off honest) and instigated the tree to be fenced off to save further vandalism.....

 

Treework Environmental Practice Blog Neville Fay and Paul Stamets (Fungi Perfecti)

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

I guess this video of Neville Fay talking about fomes belongs here........i have the biggest fomes bracket from this specific tree in my collection (it got kicked off honest) and instigated the tree to be fenced off to save further vandalism.....

 

Treework Environmental Practice Blog Neville Fay and Paul Stamets (Fungi Perfecti)

 

good post sean, stamets!

[RobArb]

very good post, F. f. an endophyte eh?