Massaria on the March

[David Humphries]

I thought it was an endophite so surely every single London plane has it potentially?

 

In essence, but I don't think that necessarily means each and every clone will have spores inside.

 

Depends on provenance I'd imagine.

 

 

 

 

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[coleman]

I now have a posh name for my massaria theory.....fungi assisted cladoptosis!

[David Humphries]

I now have a posh name for my massaria theory.....fungi assisted cladoptosis!

 

Kind of, but I think I've read that the shedding of branches due to stress conditions like drought is brought about by a self determined biomechanical morphology of branch unions rather than a fungal induced cellular degradation.

 

 

Is this from the lev 4?

 

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[coleman]

Kind of, but I think I've read that the shedding of branches due to stress conditions like drought is brought about by a self determined biomechanical morphology of branch unions rather than a fungal induced cellular degradation.

 

 

Is this from the lev 4?

 

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Kinda had me thinking while doing my branch attachment unit. Im just saying that maybe massaria is a planes natural mechanism for cladoptosis??? maybe it cant produce its own abcission zone???

[coleman]

doing this lot for the rest of the week. found a bit but most are clear.

[coleman]

some more from today. these were 5-6in dia and 8-10m long.

[David Humphries]

Nice clear shots

 

Central London?

 

 

 

 

LTOA should be releasing their Massaria management guidance very shortly

 

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[coleman]

Nice clear shots

 

Central London?

 

 

 

 

LTOA should be releasing their Massaria management guidance very shortly

 

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yeah just off the embankment. findings are being forwarded to you lot (c.o.l)

[coleman]

some more from yesterday!

[David Humphries]

some more from yesterday!

 

I was at a meeting on tree health yesterday and was asked whether I thought there had been a reduction (within my area of management) in massaria occurances this year due to the weather.

 

I think that from your posts and from what I find out there (like this one of five planes that has massaria that we worked on today in north London) that the answer appears to be (with particular reference to full canopy trees) that it's still out there with significant presence.

 

 

 

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