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

[Gary Prentice]

4 minutes ago, Khriss said:

Will ring bark one pole out of the multiple, for a perch,  then cut lids on other stumps n bore out centers. Handful of Fistula or Amillaria in each and see how it progresses. If it ain't been written up before  will detail it and progression of decay. K

Fistulina might be a waste of time,   It's slowly pathogenic ( although on trees with high tannin content) and I not sure, but I don't think it's commitment may found on willow.

[Khriss]

Indeed ABTREES it's a whole "World of Stuff n Things" on here  an Gary, I will trial three of the fungi on each tree an as it's an 8 yr program of works we can see how it turns out- my money is on Amillaria but will put some laetiporous in too, k

[Gary Prentice]

Thinking about this, would you be better substituting Ganoderma for Fistulina? 

 

It it would be interesting to see which of the three prevent/reduce regrowth and decay the stems quickest. Might be better to leave an inoculated ‘control’ as well for comparison.

[David Humphries]

3 hours ago, Khriss said:

Will ring bark one pole out of the multiple, for a perch,  then cut lids on other stumps n bore out centers. Handful of Fistula or Amillaria in each and see how it progresses. If it ain't been written up before  will detail it and progression of decay. K

Perhaps better with Laetiporus than Fistulina,

 

Armillaria definitely good 

 

 

 

[Treeation]

3 hours ago, David Humphries said:

Perhaps better with Laetiporus than Fistulina,

 

Armillaria definitely good 

 

 

 

Better tasting too!

 

[David Humphries]

Heterobasidion annosum (Butt rot) here on a long felled pine, shots taken  today

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Khriss]

...they are working on them as we speak. Heron wasn't pleased tho' but will have a bit more water to fish in this year  k

 

In other news, this little blighter on my wanders this morning ! 

 

 

 

 

[Khriss]

...Which is the Natural wonder of Fungi , all that effort in a lil stick, an blooms out to carry on it's gene K

[Will Heal]

Found this little scarlet elf cap yesterday, a tiny bit of colour on an otherwise grey day

[ABtrees]

Here's a couple of new ones I found today.  I've no doubt they're all pretty common - at least round here !  On the yellow jelly one both the top and bottom jelly seem to have a black growth on the other side of the tree - is this just another part of the same fungi or a different one all together ?