Tis the season to see Fungi, fa la la la la....

[Simon Rotheram]

Nice pics Simon, and good to see you back!

 

Thanks Tom, Over 3000, you have been busy!

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Some more mycological wonders for the fungi freaks!

 

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[tommer9]

Thanks Tom, Over 3000, you have been busy!

 

Hah- or idle- depends which way you look at it:lol:

[David Humphries]

Some more mycological wonders for the fungi freaks!

 

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saw these in your album,

caught the dryadeus at its peak.

 

 

 

 

 

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[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Ever seen a Fistulina this size?

 

[sean]

how about this one?

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

yep, thats answered that one!

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

i just love laetiporus, aint it stunning:biggrin:

 

[skyhuck]

Some more mycological wonders for the fungi freaks!

 

 

What the one in bottom left?? Please

 

Whats is its affect on Ash??

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

What the one in bottom left?? Please

 

Whats is its affect on Ash??

 

the photo is of pholiota aurivella, once called cerifera. One might call this a facultive parasite, the pholiotas are root decays and responsible for cavity formation in many broadleaf genera.

 

on ash i have not personaly come across Aurivela, but P. squarossus is common on ash, the devils ear fracture (mattheck) is the most common failure in severe colonisation by this fungus.

 

However lightening the load and reducing can prolong the trees life greatly, just because a tree has a pholiota does not mean we should automaticaly fell it. I think it is a threat in a full crowned tree as the stem is hollowed and fracture ressistance becomes limited.

 

A detailed exam of each case is always better than blanket or "precautionary measures of removal.