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

[David Humphries]

Yes, nice shots Chris

 

 

 

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[Arctostaphylos uva-ursi]

Thanks. It was the Inonotus part of the name which made me query it. Has Inonotus hispidus been renamed?

The poor tree definitely appears to have suffered from some overzealous pruning in the past!

[Kveldssanger]

Nope, that still is an Inonotus species - as is I. cuticularis.

 

Aye, pruning, compaction (it is near the Knightwood Oak in the New Forest) and so on has likely aided in its impending demise. Shame, but the fungi love it.

[daltontrees]

A weak pathogen, perhaps - this beech was still alive (just). From the ex-Inonotus bunch (and remaining ones in that genus), Xanthoporia radiata is likely to be the least pathogenic upon trees, instead leaning towards the saprotrophic end of the continuum.

 

Interesting list of synonyms for this one, including Trametes fagi.

[Jake Andrews]

Had a good find today whilst surveying.

 

Jake Andrews

[David Humphries]

Good one Jake.

 

 

We were going around checking on some of our monoliths today and came across a relatively interesting association that I hadn't seen before.

 

Heterobasidion annosum on beech, usually found associating with coniferous trees.

 

 

Will have to reduce this standing dead stick down a couple of meters or so to take some weight off what's left of its roots

 

 

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[Jake Andrews]

For safety purposes or the ecological purposes of standing deadwood

 

Jake Andrews

[David Humphries]

For safety purposes or the ecological purposes of standing deadwood

 

Jake Andrews

 

Both

 

 

 

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[daltontrees]

Good one Jake.

 

 

We were going around checking on some of our monoliths today and came across a relatively interesting association that I hadn't seen before.

 

Heterobasidion annosum on beech, usually found associating with coniferous trees.

 

Will have to reduce this standing dead stick down a couple of meters or so to take some weight off what's left of its roots

 

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Not unheard of on Beech. I've never seen it knowingly on Beech in Scotland, but I'll be on the lookout. The most significant thing seems to be that H.a. operates to delignify, whereas I tend to think in tems of cellulose degradation (at least intially) on broadleaf trees for anything that yoyu could mistake for H.a. Any tipsfor distinguishing?

[NFG]

Both

 

 

Some good pictures there David, thanks

 

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