Gano and ? on Beech

[Arbtech Tree Services]

Evening Guys, what's the other one please? They're on the buttress roots of a very old Copper Beech.

 

Regards,

 

Steve.

 

[felixthelogchopper]

Evening Guys, what's the other one please? They're on the buttress roots of a very old Copper Beech.

 

Regards,

 

Steve.

 

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New Ganoderma fruiting body maybe?

[Arbtech Tree Services]

New Ganoderma fruiting body maybe?

 

Was my initial thought, but looking for confirmation or otherwise.

 

Regards,

 

Steve.

[sloth]

New Ganoderma fruiting body maybe?

 

Seconded. Could be panic fruiting, one old dead larger one, followed by lots of small struggling ones. Shot of the tree in context?

[Arbtech Tree Services]

Shot of the tree in context?

 

Will get some tomorrow. Tree is a very large Copper Beech, recently had another Gano Beech fail less than 100 feet away.

 

Regards,

 

Steve.

[Alinicoll]

A cutting from the cross section is useful.

[Arbtech Tree Services]

What effect would removing these bodies have (to obtain cross sections)? I'm guessing not a lot in the grand scheme of things.

 

Regards,

 

Steve.

[sloth]

No effect really. No need to remove them even, just cut a wedge like a piece of cake from them.

[Arbtech Tree Services]

Need a sharper knife next time...

The white area between the buttress' next to it is softer than cheese and 12" knife went straight through, tapping the bark either side gives the familiar hollow sound. Rest of stem is ok.

Didn't take a measurement but estimate dbh to be minimum four and a half feet, increasing further up.

Tree is supposedly Napoloeonic so 200 years+.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Mountain man]

Well I reckon it's met its Waterloo.........

 

I'll get my coat.