A few I've seen along my way

[Lancstree]

The first 2 I think are Oyster Brackets and I've taken an inoculated log. The second 2 are what I believe are parasol. The others I've not got round to identifying

Edited August 7, 2009 by Lancstree

[Lancstree]

Ganoderma australe? - on a mature beech, standing and the brackets were near the base. Guru's, if this is correct and it causes white rot and eventual failure, should I inform the landowner?

[David Humphries]

More info would be helpful to the membership.

 

Size of Tree

Targets

 

Any photos?

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[gmanntpo]

Hi mate

 

Defo Ganoderma, but could be adspersum, nevertheless colonisation statergy and mode of decay are very similar, so fair play to you.

 

Do indeed inform the landowner, but as the esteemed Monkeyd states, what are the targets (if any??)

 

If their is a target, ascertain extent of decay and determine the SULE!!

 

Cheers fella

[Stephen Blair]

whats SULE, i have read this in your last 2 posts mate:001_cool:

[David Humphries]

whats SULE, i have read this in your last 2 posts mate:001_cool:

 

Safe Useful Life Expectancy

 

 

 

 

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[Stephen Blair]

i like that, it makes all your ideas make sense now dave:thumbup:

[Lancstree]

Cheers for the replies. I don't have any more pics but the tree is a large beech in a woodland setting approx 30m from the path from what I can remember. This is a well used path and the woodland is private land but the landowner has an agreement with county council on rights of way. I thought I took more photo's than this but there are a lot of these brackets in one place in the tree. At the time I didn't inspect the tree for other visual symptoms. There are a number of other large beech trees nearby and these might be in a position to prevent the tree from reaching the path, however dog walkers always stray from the path! I was on the Ancient Tree Hunt at the time and I went there to verify data on a tree recorded by a volunteer when I stumbled upon this. The tree I was verifying had a large bow break out in the past too.

[David oakman]

SULE i think they have dropped the useful it is now safe life expectancy.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

The first 2 I think are Oyster Brackets and I've taken an inoculated log. The second 2 are what I believe are parasol. The others I've not got round to identifying

 

First 2 pleurotus ostreatus

Second 2 Macrolepiata procera

Third hypholoma fasciculare,

and finaly Polyporus squamosus, on a fallen ash limb.

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