does anybody know???

[simonm]

Seen these on a Weeping Willow today anybody know what they are called? the 1 that looks wet did have some tiny what can only be described as white worms inside the hole. The bracket is below what was a large limb that had been removed some time ago. sign of decay???

[treequip]

That needs felling Simon

 

Phellinus ignarius - Willow bracket - David Humphries’s Fungi Directory - Arbtalk.co.uk | Discussion Forum for Arborists

 

When do you want me to come over:thumbup1:

[simonm]

That needs felling Simon

 

Phellinus ignarius - Willow bracket - David Humphries’s Fungi Directory - Arbtalk.co.uk | Discussion Forum for Arborists

 

When do you want me to come over:thumbup1:

 

mmmm Phellinus ignarius let me have a word and we mite be able to crack out the saws...do you know what that is in the other picture?

[treequip]

mmmm Phellinus ignarius let me have a word and we mite be able to crack out the saws...do you know what that is in the other picture?

 

That's the tree pooing itself cos it saw you breaking out the big saw:laugh1:

 

Seriously though, I would call that a bit of bacterial wetwood.

[treeseer]

Scrape out the gunk and see where it is coming from. I agree it's bacterial-looking.

 

Break out the saws at the sight of 2 brackets? Why? Is mine not the only woodpile that is getting low?

[David Humphries]

Break out the saws at the sight of 2 brackets? Why? Is mine not the only woodpile that is getting low?

 

Agreed that the presence of a couple of brackets should not really be the catalyst for removal without further examination..........but, P. ignarius (if that's what the above are) can be fairly aggresive particularly in Salix species

 

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[s.varty]

Is it ok to replant another willow in the same area?

[treequip]

David is definitely in the "keep the fungus ridden tree" camp because he often has the option of intervention pruning and removing targets and has a mandate to protect amenity. That is a good and laudable course of action but for most that's not an option.

 

Don't underestimate the population density on this small island, as tree surgeons, most of the trees we deal with influence at least one other property and since we became a litigious society people willing to retain compromised trees are becoming a minority.

 

This tree has got a aggressive primary decay pathogen that will eventually compromise the structural integrity of the tree, something is going to have to be done sooner or later.

 

 

Oh and woodpile? Its a willow...........

[treeseer]

Yes that's more like kindling wood…something has to happen, sure, but maybe just a small saw, or just a pole clip.

 

Every tree is compromised

[treequip]

Yes that's more like kindling wood…something has to happen, sure, but maybe just a small saw, or just a pole clip.

 

Every tree is compromised

 

That is such a BS throw away comment that you cant use without qualification.