Help needed

[Billy68]

I'm looking at a job. The tree in question is a scots pine around 70ft tall and standing 10ft from the customers house. It's multi stem and one stem is heading towards the house. The customer understandably wants it out but it has a TPO. It has the usual factors of dead wood, ivy etc, but in addition I've come across something at the branch union. There was an old wound approx 6 inch diameter where an old branch had come off and a lot material. It's only in this one area and I'm not sure if it's fungi or something else. I'm after some help on this one!

 

Photos attached, sorry they're not the best quality.

[Billy68]

More photos

[Billy68]

And more photos

[Billy68]

And another photo - for some reason I can't get more than one photo in each post?

[andrew t]

And more photos

Slime flux but only a guess I'm sure Someone will confirm or deny soon

Edited July 12, 2015 by andrew t

[andrew t]

Possibly hetrobasidiom (but rot ) if fungal. Slime flux is bacterial yet again wait for one of the more experienced guys to say yes or no

[Paul Cleaver]

I cant tell from the pic what that is - there does seem to be some fibre buckling above the area which is not good

[andrew t]

I cant tell from the pic what that is - there does seem to be some fibre buckling above the area which is not good

 

So do you think fungal Paul from fibre breakdown making life belts or fibre buckling .

[Billy68]

Thanks for the replies as we haven't got a Tree officer let the fun begin

[Al Duffill]

So how does not having a Tree Officer change the fact that there is a TPO on the tree, doesn't the council in that area employ a TO, most do?