Ancient Tree Forum Summer Conference '16

[Gary Prentice]

Also noted in Matthecks books

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

The former, some fine examples on his old thread.....

 

http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/fungi-pictures/14352-geotropic-fungi.html

 

 

 

 

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Also noted in Matthecks books

 

 

So that's tomorrow taken care of then! I know where I'll be looking....

[Kveldssanger]

Thanks, David. Interesting to hear of it on Fraxinus. Seen it on Castanea sativa a few times, though this was the first time on Fagus.

 

With regards to the Polyporus, that's a good shout. I appreciate the info on what I thought it was, too!

[treeseer]

Tidying up a broken branch would be cutting it back to the first growth point behind the break.

Cutting it off at the origin is amputation. Good for fungi, bad for tree.

After the Storm from TCI Magazine April-2003 small.pdf

[Kveldssanger]

No doubt about that, though I am guessing that - if the cause of the removal was storm damage - the branch may have failed close to the trunk and therefore it was cut back to the collar. Another hunch is that, because it's in a bit of a formal garden setting, the limbs may have been removed to enable for planting beneath.

 

Thanks for the attachment!

[Gary Prentice]

Almost slap-bang next to the sycamore shown above sat this mature oak (Quercus robur). Hidden quite neatly behind a deadwood pile left at the base of the tree (which is - in itself - great to see) was a cute little Pseudoinonotus dryadeus bracket. Given the serious buttressing going on at the base, which may be in part due to soil erosion exposing the root plate (as was the case with some other trees), but more significantly due to the fungi (I would expect), I'd anticipate the mycelium have colonised quite extensively throughout the butt.

 

Regardless, there's no target zone, given it's in the middle of a field used for grazing, so considerations may be given to giving the oak a slight reduction (if at all), but beyond that level of work I'd not see there being sound justification in the circumstances the tree finds itself in.

 

With regards to the guttation (exudation of water from the bracket's surface), I wonder whether there's an intent for the fungi to keep itself cool. I understand that it is suggested that the guttation is to aid with controlling moisture levels within the wood, but maybe there's also a mechanism similar to transpiration of a leaf that is employed to keep external conditions more desirable as well, as this may safeguard the efficacy (and longevity) of the sporophore. Only thinking aloud, and I have no way to back this up - it's simply a thought I just had.

 

A little note on guttation, I can't remember where it came from - you may have even posted it yourself:biggrin:

mushroom-weepLR.pdf