Pholiota squarrosa ??

[Mikelawn]

Been asked to reduce ash and this was at the base...its a tpo tree and when climbed in to crown a few limbs where hollow. The tree its doesnt look great and spans over 2 gardens. The council want it reducing but I think it needs to come out? If it is what I think isnt it a secondary fungie? Any advice would be great?

[Mikelawn]

Here are some pics

[Mikelawn]

And another

[Paul Barton]

It sure looks like Pholiota squarrosa. Whether or not the tree needs felling depends on how advanced any decay is.

 

If the tree has a TPO it would be reasonable to expect it to have a decent amenity value, so rushing in to fell it may be a mistake. Can you investigate the base to quantify how affected the tree is? Perhaps get someone along with a resistograph, or have a tap around the base with a mallet.

 

As you will know, Ash will take a good hard pruning so it may well be possible to significantly reduce the tree to reduce the likelihood of it failing and then manage it as smaller tree/pollard in the future. Hard to say without pictures of the whole tree and its immediate environment.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

It sure looks like Pholiota squarrosa. Whether or not the tree needs felling depends on how advanced any decay is.

 

If the tree has a TPO it would be reasonable to expect it to have a decent amenity value, so rushing in to fell it may be a mistake. Can you investigate the base to quantify how affected the tree is? Perhaps get someone along with a resistograph, or have a tap around the base with a mallet.

 

As you will know, Ash will take a good hard pruning so it may well be possible to significantly reduce the tree to reduce the likelihood of it failing and then manage it as smaller tree/pollard in the future. Hard to say without pictures of the whole tree and its immediate environment.

 

Im with Paul on this one, P. squarrosa can be a very significant problem on Poplars for example but on ash far less so, but that statement of course needs confirmation in each and every case as always.