Meripilus giganteus - The giant polypore & its host range

[Glen Poole]

I have advised the client that due to the target area it is best to remove. I think he may be getting a second opinion though as he would like to retain the tree.

[willjones]

Been passing this beech for years, it's right on the side of a country lane,first noticed meripilus around 3-4 years ago, took these photos a couple of weeks back, they where still pretty small..

[Matthew Arnold]

Another Beech for the chop. This ones in Iwerne Minster. I spotted the fungi when walking back to our delightful transit (in the picture) and contacted the in house tree officer for the area who came out the same day and did a visual, hammer and picus test. Due to it growing effectively in a small plant pot for the size of the tree it will be dropped in the next month.

[David Humphries]

Not saying it shouldn't be removed Matt, but intrigued as to whether any exploratory work had been carried out to determine the extent of decay in the root crown (as well as the sounding and Picus assessment) ?

 

 

 

 

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[john p]

Not saying it shouldn't be removed Matt, but intrigued as to whether any exploratory work had been carried out to determine the extent of decay in the root crown (as well as the sounding and Picus assessment) ?

 

 

 

 

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Aye, would be a real shame to lose that tree, unless absolutely vital

[Matthew Arnold]

Not saying it shouldn't be removed Matt, but intrigued as to whether any exploratory work had been carried out to determine the extent of decay in the root crown (as well as the sounding and Picus assessment) ?

 

 

 

 

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Aye, would be a real shame to lose that tree, unless absolutely vital

 

Don't know unfortunately. I beleive that the tree has had previous fruitings of Dryads Saddle from a previous cut way back in the 1970s which may have affected/arisen on the Picus. The buckling around the graft union has got worse in the past 5 years according to local residents. But this is the first year of fruiting Merip. The road does take a large amount of foot traffic from a nearly boarding school as one of its music facilities is about 100 metres away from the tree.

[David Humphries]

Meripilus on a couple of red oaks