Bialowieza Forest, Poland

[silky fox]

The Polish certainly love their Vodka..nice pictures...is that Fistulina Hepatica?

[David Humphries]

The Polish certainly love their Vodka..nice pictures...is that Fistulina Hepatica?

 

They certainly do Paul, this was Żubrówka (Bison grass vodka).........smooth !

 

The bracket is the early stage of a developing Red Banded Polypore (Fomitopsis pinicola) fairly rare here in the UK but abundant where we were in the Bialowieza forest.

It has quite a wide ranging morphology whist developing.

 

 

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[josharb87]

Looked a great trip david!

[David Humphries]

Looked a great trip david!

 

It was Josh

 

Other than the discussion here at Arbtalk I seldom get the chance to work & talk trees in the flesh with Arbs from across Europe like yourself, (last time was the Basque trip I did in 2009 and a hosting of Belgian Urban Foresters in 2010) so it was pleasant change to compare what we take as gospel from here in the UK Arb industry against what others are experiencing in places like Italy, Holland, Poland, Germany & the US.

 

No better way to take stock of what you know (or what you think you know)

 

Would be great to do it more often.

 

Not sure the Mrs would be so keen

 

 

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[josharb87]

There is a conference coming up here in november, which sounds interesting, but doesn't look like theres any international speakers this time so unfortunately it looks likely to be held in Swedish.

[David Humphries]

What's the theme Josh, are you thinking of attending?

 

 

 

 

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[Kveldssanger]

Cracking photos! That pollard is incredible.

[Kveldssanger]

That red-banded polypore looks like it must invest a lot of energy into the sporophores. Were the brackets on the dead logs much larger than on the living trees?

[josharb87]

The meeting of forests and citys, when expansion and development encroaches into forests and nature, protection, incorporation etc of these important recourses.

Something like that from memory.

 

Still undecided as its a topic that i don't see applying to me in my day to day work now or in the near future.

 

Thats some impressive pollards in the above pic!

[sean]

What's the theme Josh, are you thinking of attending?

 

 

 

 

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I know part of the conference is looking at Ancient and Veteran tree management in the urban environment.

 

 

Great photos of a wonderful trip. Not jealous in the slightest, just happy for you 😄