Dark silver birch

[mickdundee]

Anybody know what has made this silver birch turn this colour. It's a shame really this has ended up in the firewood pile and not on the lathe but I'm quite restricted on storage space for blanks at the minute. I'd guess it's some sort of disease maybe

I was hoping maybe if I know what causes it I'd be able to watch out for any more and not log them up. Thanks mick

 

 

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[David Humphries]

Perhaps the early stage of the brown rot decay of Piptoporus betulinus

 

 

 

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[se7enthdevil]

looks alot like tulipwood, can you show a pick of the bark?

[Stubby]

looks alot like tulipwood, can you show a pick of the bark?

 

I was thinking it looked a bit like Robinia but I am no as knowledgeable as others ....

[mickdundee]

Luckily. It's next on haha

 

 

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[Stubby]

Luckily. It's next on haha

 

 

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Oh yea ! Birch

[mickdundee]

I'm not great at ID but I can manage that one haha

 

 

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[mickdundee]

Perhaps the early stage of the brown rot decay of Piptoporus betulinus

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Is that something you would see before you split the tree open

 

 

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[David Humphries]

Is that something you would see before you split the tree open

 

 

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Not unless there are fruit bodies present, the decay doesn't really present with body language.

 

 

 

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[mickdundee]

Not unless there are fruit bodies present, the decay doesn't really present with body language.

 

 

 

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I guess I'll just have to keep an eye out when I'm splitting firewood. Thank you

 

 

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