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

[Gray git]

Liking that last image

 

Another app for reduction?

 

 

 

 

 

Small images on the screen, but look like Rigidoporous?

 

 

 

 

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Nope, County council TO wanting it out and District planning officer saying no as it looks fine to them but that was before any fruiting bodied were visible so I've been told to go back to district with new justification to remove, scabby horrible tree compared to all the others along the road but at least the target risk is low if it stays.

 

http://www.dryadarb.co.uk

[andrew t]

Can anyone confirm if this is pseudotrametes gibbosa it was found on a sycamore stump .

[andrew t]

And here are the pics

[Kveldssanger]

Looks it. Good old stumpgrinder fungus.

[Kveldssanger]

Nope, County council TO wanting it out and District planning officer saying no as it looks fine to them but that was before any fruiting bodied were visible so I've been told to go back to district with new justification to remove, scabby horrible tree compared to all the others along the road but at least the target risk is low if it stays.

 

Dryad Arbor-Artists | Tree Surgeon Darlington

 

Scope to monolith? Seems wasteful to fell it when it's great habitat for, at the very least, the Rigidoporus.

[andrew t]

Looks it. Good old stumpgrinder fungus.

 

Cool cheers .

I feel like I've learnt a little tonight apparently it can be quite an effective rotter on cut stumps and a natural control of armillaria mellea.

[Gray git]

Don't think they would go with that as rite on roadside, what I'm proposing is a remove and replant as the road is lined with sycamore, maple and h chestnuts most of which are much older and larger than this and a few trees of about 15 years old so if a poor specimen is replaced it'll give a wider age class along the road and preferably a different species for diversity.

Further up the road in the meadow we felled two other beech with crex but left all timber in situe over the brow of the hill to decay naturally but this 1 is opposite driveways.

 

http://www.dryadarb.co.uk

[Kveldssanger]

Don't think they would go with that as rite on roadside, what I'm proposing is a remove and replant as the road is lined with sycamore, maple and h chestnuts most of which are much older and larger than this and a few trees of about 15 years old so if a poor specimen is replaced it'll give a wider age class along the road and preferably a different species for diversity.

Further up the road in the meadow we felled two other beech with crex but left all timber in situe over the brow of the hill to decay naturally but this 1 is opposite driveways.

 

Dryad Arbor-Artists | Tree Surgeon Darlington

 

But is this tree not stood in a low target area, as you said before? Having such a black and white approach that is the tree either stays in its entirety or goes in its entirety is bizarre; particularly in such a situation where the target zone might not be too significant. Exactly why can't it be monolithed? You could even just leave a stem of a few metres. That suits the provisioning of habitat for Rigidoporus, which creates a great brown rot for invertebrates, and also other fungi, bacteria, and viruses. You could even plant near to it as have this stump then provide for nutrients for the vegetation around it.

 

If it's for amenity reasons then surely some expalanation to residents wouldn't mean it's an issue. Particularly as it's 'green' and pro-environment, so to speak.

 

Not to take away from your ideas, as they're perfectly reasonable - just a different take on it.

[Kveldssanger]

Cool cheers .

I feel like I've learnt a little tonight apparently it can be quite an effective rotter on cut stumps and a natural control of armillaria mellea.

 

Indeed it can. Trametes versicolor can as well. In fact, many saprophytic fungi outcompete the parasitic honey fungus (A. mellea).

[andrew t]

Indeed it can. Trametes versicolor can as well. In fact, many saprophytic fungi outcompete the parasitic honey fungus (A. mellea).

 

Cheers for the info is that just A mellea or does it apply to the others .