Hamadryad- trees, ecology & FUNGI!

[sloth]

Nice one, gutted I couldnt be there. As a bonus I discovered this book in an art gallery http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/1900828413

Well worth a loan from the library if you dont fancy the £15 rrp...

[Charles Hey Arborist]

I spent the day in fine company, all the ATF crew regulars, plus Lynne Boddy who delivered an awesome presentation as always.

 

 

Lovely photos as always Tony, where was it?

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Lovely photos as always Tony, where was it?

 

Knepp house, it was awesome:thumbup1: got a shedload more in a moment! been away on a jolly for 6 days! ireland wales ATF meetings, too much, overload on the stimulus!

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

To say I've had an awesome few days (6 days leave) is an understatement! Tuesday spent the day in the garden, wednesday off to Knepp and thursday to Ashtead Common as part of the two day summer meeting of the Ancient tree forum. Thursday night off to Andrew Cowans as we was off to Ireland to buy a landy, plane over, ferry back. Came in on Anglesey and drove through Snowdonia, down to Croft Castle In Herefordshire, then a stop over at Frishden Beeches to show Andrew laetiporus on Beech. I missed the failure only days before of one of my study trees, the Laetiporus was not in its prime but glad to have caught it.

 

Im geting very close to starting the real work of putting my first book together now, was just waiting till certain things had fallen into place, so a few magazine articles will start coming through from me to build up some prior momentum PR wise.

 

And I am very, very nearly ready to formulate, finalise the plan and method for a PHD on heart rot fungi, as a part time student it will be a grand a year but I've craved it for so long and now im close to really having this one sorted.

 

I've been a little quiet of late because of all this planning and organising, busy planning what I've been practicing for so long, I could not be more content or fulfilled as I am of late. I have worked so very very hard to get to this time this stuff is what I was born to do!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Warren Stirling]

Nice shots Tony

 

Good for you, if you have a passion embrace it which you obviously do. Good to meet you on Thursday all be it brief but look forward to a tour of Hatfield Forest next month'.

 

Warren

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Nice shots Tony

 

Good for you, if you have a passion embrace it which you obviously do. Good to meet you on Thursday all be it brief but look forward to a tour of Hatfield Forest next month'.

 

Warren

 

 

next month maybe a bit early for the best of it?

[Warren Stirling]

No problem, let me know when and we'll arrange something:thumbup1:

[Pete Bannister]

Some fascinating posts on this thread. Thanks

Took these shots of Birds Nest Orchids with Beech and Ganoderma in Surrey on Sunday. No chlorophyll; no photosynthesis, hence the colouring of the orchid, which is said to be parasitic. The Beech has had Ganoderma (?) infection for at least a decade as far as I’m aware

[sloth]

Some fascinating posts on this thread. Thanks

Took these shots of Birds Nest Orchids with Beech and Ganoderma in Surrey on Sunday. No chlorophyll; no photosynthesis, hence the colouring of the orchid, which is said to be parasitic. The Beech has had Ganoderma (?) infection for at least a decade as far as I’m aware

 

A fantastic ecology nicely captured. You were lucky to see it!

[Pete Bannister]

Yes; I was lucky indeed.