Q rubra fungi etc.

[treeseer]

While assessing this champion red oak we were woefully inattentive re conks. All I got is these pics; the rest of the tree is here https://www.dropbox.com/sh/nvnpabw47ivvhwl/ggLMQJET_v

[David Humphries]

Looks like a Phellinus sp to me Guy

 

 

 

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[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

perhaps a phellinus, but would not rule out gano either

[David Humphries]

Fine looking tree from the photos, how much cabling is there up in the canopy?

 

How long has it been installed?

 

 

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[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

looking at those stains on the lower butt might be worth you looking into Dr Lee Klingers protocol.

[sloth]

looking at those stains on the lower butt might be worth you looking into Dr Lee Klingers protocol.

 

Care to elaborate? Pretty please with a cherry on top...

[treeseer]

"looking at those stains on the lower butt might be worth you looking into Dr Lee Klingers protocol." Tony, how to suss out whether those shiny black droplets are a sign of Armillaria sp., or something else? A trunk drench with calcium was the protocol i recall, inspired by early americans grinding oystershell and applying the paste to oak trunks. Calcium fert also recommended in Diseases text by Sinclair.

 

David, the cables have been in quite a while (5-10 years?) judging by the weathering; will enquire how long. 8 or 10 of them. It looks overengineered, until one gets a sense of how the stems are about to come apart. ~3" wall on a 127" trunk; not much.

 

The conk in the pruning wound yes phellinus, by the appearance of what's left of it. Sun glare blurred the other pic of the conk on the bark...I'm hoping to see it again next month.

[Gary Prentice]

Care to elaborate? Pretty please with a cherry on top...

 

What is fire mimicry? | Sudden Oak Life I think this is what Tony is alluding to, but I may be wrong.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

What is fire mimicry? | Sudden Oak Life I think this is what Tony is alluding to, but I may be wrong.

 

indeed, its much more productive for learning when the student is guided toward information rather than just given the answers, often quickly forgotten and nothing learned:thumbup1: