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

[slack ma girdle]

2 hours ago, David Humphries said:

Yep

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[Paul Barton]

Big ol' Pseudoinonotus dryadeus on Holm oak in Malvern. 

[AJStrees]

7 minutes ago, Paul Barton said:

Big ol' Pseudoinonotus dryadeus on Holm oak in Malvern. 

What system are you using there Paul? Looks a bit different to the usual picus I have seen. 

[Paul Barton]

10 minutes ago, AJStrees said:

What system are you using there Paul? Looks a bit different to the usual picus I have seen. 

Hello.  It's a Fakopp Arborsonic.  For interest, here is the tomogram image. 

[AJStrees]

6 minutes ago, Paul Barton said:

Hello.  It's a Fakopp Arborsonic.  For interest, here is the tomogram image. 

Thank you for that. Well that is quite interesting indeed. How does the Fakopp do compared to Picus, have you had experience with both? I mean from the image it looks like it does a pretty decent job. 

[Paul Barton]

19 hours ago, AJStrees said:

Thank you for that. Well that is quite interesting indeed. How does the Fakopp do compared to Picus, have you had experience with both? I mean from the image it looks like it does a pretty decent job. 

I have engaged a consultant with a Picus in the past and it did a good job I think. I like this system though - it's quite portable, fairly waterproof and provides useful information.  I couldn't tell you much about the different algorithms each system uses to provide the tomogram images but the Fakopp is a useful tool for me.  It also helped that it is considerably less expensive!  It has some helpful software for mapping the crown area and calculating wind-load on the trunk too.

[Andrew McEwan]

On 21/12/2021 at 17:29, AJStrees said:

Thank you for that. Well that is quite interesting indeed. How does the Fakopp do compared to Picus, have you had experience with both? I mean from the image it looks like it does a pretty decent job. 

The extra Ludwig nails/reflectors you can use with  the Fakopp kit to increase resolution and the software sold it for me, as did having used their microsecond timer a lot with the same combined sensor/nail system that has stood up well so far, especially handy for climbing decay detection.

[AJStrees]

On 21/12/2021 at 17:08, Paul Barton said:

Big ol' Pseudoinonotus dryadeus on Holm oak in Malvern. 

That is a massive mushroom by the way. Thought I should mention that. Crikey its a bigun. 

[AJStrees]

[Doug Tait]

Noticed in the woods tonight, seen it once before I think but don't know what it's called. Looked at first like a feather duster, it's very delicate.