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

[David Humphries]

I wouldn't think that this is a case of panic fruiting Matt.

Monitoring sounds reasonable.

 

 

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[Matthew Arnold]

I wouldn't think that this is a case of panic fruiting Matt.

Monitoring sounds reasonable.

 

 

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Will be monitored by myself and the local district TO. If the brackets start apearing elsewhere or the union starts to split then its curtains sadly. Will try and get it turned into a pollard.

[Treemoose]

this was in my garden poking out from under the laurel

an old hornbeam stump is decaying away in there

used the fungus app to ident (thanks steve) i only know a handfull of fungus i take it this is collybia fusipes (spindle shank) ?

[David Humphries]

this was in my garden poking out from under the laurel

an old hornbeam stump is decaying away in there

used the fungus app to ident (thanks steve) i only know a handfull of fungus i take it this is collybia fusipes (spindle shank) ?

 

 

a bit desicated to be sure, but I don't think any of these shots are Collybia

 

 

Some Armillaria perhaps

 

 

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[Treemoose]

Looking in my fungi on trees (aa booklet)

I can see the ring on the stalk

How far can it spread? I have live hornbeam further down the hedge

Does it effect laurel?

[David Humphries]

Looking in my fungi on trees (aa booklet)

I can see the ring on the stalk

How far can it spread? I have live hornbeam further down the hedge

Does it effect laurel?

 

Pah, that lot are amatuers (well not that nice Mr Watson or Mr Green or Mr Lonsdale or Mr Phillips, but that Mr Humphries fella aint got a clue)

 

You should give the Arbtalk fung Id App a go

 

 

How healthy are the hornbeam & laurel ?

 

 

 

 

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[Ginja]

My fiancé doesn't bring me flowers, he brings me fungi.

[Treemoose]

Pah, that lot are amatuers (well not that nice Mr Watson or Mr Green or Mr Lonsdale or Mr Phillips, but that Mr Humphries fella aint got a clue)

 

You should give the Arbtalk fung Id App a go

 

 

How healthy are the hornbeam & laurel ?

 

 

 

 

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the laurel seems fine.

as for the hornbeam i have a few reservations with

from what i can tell they have been pollarded a long time ago and apart from the middle one they all have decay at the unions. I removed a largish section from the back of the larger first hornbeam about a year ago due to decay (the other side of the hedge is a pathway around a recreational field) but now i have left part of the tree to what looks like sun scorch the trees also have what i think is squirrel damage in alot of the crouch's of the branches. some small fungus is on the wound of the large section i removed. these trees have suffered some flush cuts by previous tree surgeons also. any advise on how to manage would be appreciated thanks

[David Humphries]

the laurel seems fine.

as for the hornbeam i have a few reservations with

from what i can tell they have been pollarded a long time ago and apart from the middle one they all have decay at the unions. I removed a largish section from the back of the larger first hornbeam about a year ago due to decay (the other side of the hedge is a pathway around a recreational field) but now i have left part of the tree to what looks like sun scorch the trees also have what i think is squirrel damage in alot of the crouch's of the branches. some small fungus is on the wound of the large section i removed. these trees have suffered some flush cuts by previous tree surgeons also. any advise on how to manage would be appreciated thanks

 

 

Armillaria likes weak trees

 

Certain species of Armillaria also like dead wood.

 

Get rid of any dead stumps/branches.

 

What purpose do the hornbeams serve?

 

 

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[David Humphries]

Phaeolus schweinitzii - the Dyers Mazegill, on a Pine monolith

 

 

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