Veteran Trees - Myth, Reality & Management

[Will Hinchliffe]

So, what little gem of info or visual is gonna stick in your head, from the day?

 

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The little gem that stuck in my mind was the possibility that removing the fruiting bodies of Inonotus dryadeus could slow decay by the fungi. The theory is that by removing the bracket you may stop the drying out of the decay area facilitated by the gutation droplets.

 

Of course the bracket could be a valuable habitat and this should be considered before removing the fruiting body.

 

The photo of the massive Rigidoporus fruiting body was very impressive.

[Tully]

The concept that as a trees roots increase in mass and weight the soil within the root ball becomes compacted, as the tree ages the soil becomes devoid of useful nutrients and minerals so the no longer needed tap root dies back to add locked up nutrients to the soil and to create space for airation.

 

that was something I hadn't discussed in great detail.

 

Nice to meet you guys

[David Humphries]

The little gem that stuck in my mind was the possibility that removing the fruiting bodies of Inonotus dryadeus could slow decay by the fungi. The theory is that by removing the bracket you may stop the drying out of the decay area facilitated by the gutation droplets.

 

Of course the bracket could be a valuable habitat and this should be considered before removing the fruiting body..

 

This strategy could be quite common among basidiomycetal brackets.

 

How often do you find post sporulation I. hispidus brackets at the base of trunks, having fallen off the host from height, which are more often than not, soaked like a sponge.

 

And then I saw this on a Ganoderma appla-spersum at Burnham Beeches last year.

 

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