Localised distribution of Fomes fomentarius

[David Humphries]

........What happened to the back third?

 

 

 

Crumbled away like cottage cheese whilst putting the silky through it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Edited May 3, 2016 by David Humphries

[Kveldssanger]

Very nice. A little hub, of sorts, for Fomes.

[Jake Andrews]

Would you say this is likely to be in the stem also now? Presumably this would be secondary to the decline of this branch?

[Kveldssanger]

Would you say this is likely to be in the stem also now? Presumably this would be secondary to the decline of this branch?

 

A paper you might find interesting - https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Thomas_Sieber2/publication/226036501_Latent_infections_of_Fomes_fomentarius_in_the_xylem_of_European_beech_%28Fagus_sylvatica%29/links/00463533188b7ad796000000.pdf

[BigfootBjornson]

Amazing! Only ever seen it on betula. What Site is this David if you don't mind me asking?

[David Humphries]

Hampstead Heath in Deepest Darkest North London

 

 

 

 

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[Jake Andrews]

A paper you might find interesting - https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Thomas_Sieber2/publication/226036501_Latent_infections_of_Fomes_fomentarius_in_the_xylem_of_European_beech_%28Fagus_sylvatica%29/links/00463533188b7ad796000000.pdf

 

:eek: That was full on. Very good interesting read though. Seams as though Fomes could be in a lot more places than we think it is.

[Kveldssanger]

Indeed. Consider that was over a decade ago, so I wonder what developments have been made since.

[Jake Andrews]

Indeed. Consider that was over a decade ago, so I wonder what developments have been made since.

 

Agreed, my mind still boggles at how much more there is to learn in this industry. I'm really enjoying the fungal side of learning at the minute though. Love putting my new knowledge to work whilst observing on site.

[David Humphries]

Though not directly associated with this thread, I've just seen the following host association which was a new one for me.

Whilst out in north east Italy on a Plane Wilt (Ceratocystis platani) workshop, we stumbled upon a dead London plane with Fomes fomentarius fruiting from the base all the way up the trunk and out into the major branches.

 

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None of the usual European fungi resources have it listed as a host so it may be pretty scarce on Plane.

Anyone have any observations/experiences of them together?

 

 

 

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