Is this the Biggest Decay fungi?

[Rowan the Bruce]

This is a pic of a Perenniporia fraxinea on an infected ash which we took down on monday next to a golf course, I'm sure you'll agree its a bad boy bracket but does anyone have bigger.

By the way its not a competition and its only an ms 250

[Rowan the Bruce]

whoops forgot the attachment

[David oakman]

Yes that is a large FB nice find:001_smile:

[Nick Waring]

wow, biggest ive seen.

[David Humphries]

Certainly the biggest Perenniporia I've ever seen.

 

Couple of questions..................

 

what state was the canopy in?

 

Is it girdling the whole circumfrence or just what we can see in the shot?

 

What height was the stump left?

 

Was there any white rot above the brackets?

 

The obvious question, have you a shot of the extent of decay?

 

 

Cheers

 

David

 

 

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Edited July 11, 2009 by Monkey-D

[janey]

Wow. Where did you find it - anywhere near a GM research lab?

[Stephen Blair]

that is unbelievable, huuuuuge. that has to be a record breaker. nice one mate

[Rowan the Bruce]

Hi David

to answer a few questions the canopy was only slightly stag headed in parts, a few dead branches but the leaf was late forming and one would presume from that early abcission also.

Only girdling what was seen in the shot and the stump is yet to be finished due to the fact that a series of six inch nails was hit on the first sink attempt and therefore was felled at chest height and from that point no obvious decay was present, heartwood intact as well as sapwood - suprised me, although to take it down closer to the FB would surely uncover a lot of white rot and will be sure to post the pics when I can.

Edited July 12, 2009 by Rowan the Bruce

[dangerous brian]

need something bigger than an ldv to get rid of that.

[David Humphries]

Hi David

to answer a few questions the canopy was only slightly stag headed in parts, a few dead branches but the leaf was late forming and one would presume from that early abcission also.

Only girdling what was seen in the shot and the stump is yet to be finished due to the fact that a series of six inch nails was hit on the first sink attempt and therefore was felled at chest height and from that point no obvious decay was present, heartwood intact as well as sapwood - suprised me, although to take it down closer to the FB would surely uncover a lot of white rot and will be sure to post the pics when I can.

 

 

Thanks for the reply Rowan.

 

Look forward to some shots

 

 

 

 

 

 

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