whats this lads?

[wardyc1]

Been to look at knocking the top off a large conny. I noticed this white chalky deposit at the base of the stem. Could it be honey fungus in the roots?? My fungi id is not the best so would welcome all input.

[daltontrees]

Somebody been salting the path in frosty weather?

 

Go to McDonalds and get some chips and a sachet of vinegar. Put some of the powder on the chips and trhe rest in the vinegar. If the chips taste better it's salt and if the vinegar fizzes it's chalk. If you snort it and start telling everyone how great you feel, I'd keep the location quiet.

[penfold]

Could it be a type of mildew?

[wardyc1]

i was thinking it was possibly mildew but what type is what i was wondering.

haha its not salt, chalk or cocaine.

[felixthelogchopper]

Muntjac jiz.

[treeseer]

Stereum sp.? looks like a bark fungus not a woodrotter.

 

Job1 (if paid) is to get the $#%^&*()& dirt off of the stem and find the flare.

 

5 minutes with a shovel could tell a lot.

[wardyc1]

Hmmm. Still cant be sure what it is. Other than the white chalky mildew the tree seems in pretty good shape.