Fungi?

[stevelucocq]

Hi a few more update pictures from today. Inonotus dryadeus all the way!

 

Also I noticed that it causes a white rot of selective delignification of the buttress and roots leading to a ductile fracture in advanced cases. Any other useful info would be great and any views on the possible outcome for the trees from what you can see would be interesting? Cheers Steve

[David Humphries]

What type of Tree Owner/Jurisdiction is it covered by Steve?

What sort of inspection/survey structure do they have in place?

Is there any finance available to carry out alternatives to felling.

 

Point you make toward the delignification of the buttress, should be assessed and monitored from my perspective.

 

Tree may be hollowing out, but that means little if the butresses are sound enough and compartmentalising the ingress of decay.

 

Decay detection (micro drill-picus-thermology) then monitoring, possible phased retrenchment coupled with altering the path direction can be acted upon to a greater or lesser extent to maintain the Tree.

 

Ofcourse this will undoubtedly be seen by the majority as potentialy futile and wasteful, but in my experience this is somewhat blinkered and often agenda driven.

 

Very nice shots btw

[stevelucocq]

The tree is close to where I work in a local park where some surveying is carried out from time to time. There is some scope to carry out alternative work but it is close to a path that would be tricky/costly to move. I feel a phased retrench process would be a good option as it looks like is may well turn into a interesting tree if the centre decays away and the remaining buttress + roots remain healthy/strong enough to allow the retrenched tree to remain safe. The decay detection I thought would have been difficult to assess, as the buttress is complex with good reaction growth being laid down? thanks steve

Edited June 30, 2009 by stevelucocq
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[nepia]

Of course this will undoubtedly be seen by the majority as potentialy futile and wasteful, but in my experience this is somewhat blinkered and often agenda driven.

 

 

..Not in the case of Q.ilex - not enough of them about. Not round here anyway.

[benedmonds]

.Not in the case of Q.ilex - not enough of them about. Not round here anyway.

 

Quercus ilex is likely to become an invasive species with global warming. I think they already are on the Isle of White.

[David oakman]

Here is a inonotus dryadeus i found on an oak tree yesterday.