Kretzschmaria deusta

[scotspine1]

I'd say it was a good idea to remove that Beech

[John Hancock]

Massive Beech recently felled in the valley gardens. covered in it.

 

That’s some excellent buttressing on the old stump. Was the tree in an exposed location Hannah?

[Hannah]

was beside a pathway top of a hill. amazing buttresses.

[John Hancock]

amazing buttresses.

 

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[Blakes 7]

Monkeyd, you can add another host- macrocarpa.

We removed a line of four after the fifth had failed, no warning in no wind.

What was left of the roots was degraded/ soft rot.

There had been a development close to the trees and excavation had damaged the roots approx 4m from the trunk.

On close inspection fruiting bodies could be found on the exposed roots and covering earth. There was not extensive fruiting bodies, but they should of been seen in a condition survey.

[David Humphries]

Massive Beech recently felled in the valley gardens. covered in it.

 

Great post Hannah, many thanks.

 

I'm sure you would of said, but were there any signs of other fungi present?

 

When you say covered, do you mean completely girdling the buttresses.

Or did it appear extensively to one side.

 

That Trees adaptive buttressing was truley remarkable.

 

Would be fascinating to multi Dmp (or similar) a tree like this on every butress, to build up a snap shot of sound v decay, then set an exclusion zone around one and let nature take it's course to see how long it would take to fail.

 

Anyone got a 120' vet Ustulina'd Beech and a spare couple of acres ?

 

 

 

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[David Humphries]

Monkeyd, you can add another host- macrocarpa.

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Cheers for the info Blakes.

 

Any shots?

 

 

 

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[Hannah]

Great post Hannah, many thanks.

 

I'm sure you would of said, but were there any signs of other fungi present?

 

When you say covered, do you mean completely girdling the buttresses.

Or did it appear extensively to one side.

 

That Trees adaptive buttressing was truley remarkable.

 

Would be fascinating to multi Dmp (or similar) a tree like this on every butress, to build up a snap shot of sound v decay, then set an exclusion zone around one and let nature take it's course to see how long it would take to fail.

 

Anyone got a 120' vet Ustulina'd Beech and a spare couple of acres ?

 

 

 

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No visible signs of other fungus. The walls of the decayed cavity was covered all the way around. In places the buttresses were covered but not the entire way round.

[Graham]

Sycamore we felled today.

 

 

 

[David Humphries]

Great shots Graham, any idea how far up the stem the decay was spreading?

 

 

Guess it's fair to say that the decay stratergy could be from entry via the exposed heart wood.

Some interesting psuedosclaratial plates, over the cross section.

 

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Edited March 28, 2009 by Monkey-D