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    Hi, Don’t mean to butt in but how do you go about a spore test for Fungi ID? (Sending of samples or hand lens etc?) Any info would be great. Good to see a bit of healthy discussion. Cheers Steve
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    Hey cheers thats.... thats just the sort of thing I was looking for to get me going.
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    hi, Does anyone have a simple overview to BS 5837 - Trees in relation to construction? Cheers Steve
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    Thanks for the heads up...sounds like the course is filling up with a few arbtalkers already!
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    Hi, Yeah I have booked to do the 3 day course as I need the experience. It sounds like the course is very good and it may well make the difference. Drop us a line if you want to meet up before or after to run through things for the management exercises. Cheers Steve
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    hi, I have just purchased some tree climbing equipment from Clark Engineering: Forestry Equipment They were very friendly and offered a very good price and free next day delivery. I would consider checking them out if you need to buy new equipment. Cheers Steve
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    sounds like you are doing better than us all!!!...good stuff and getting to work with the TO that should make a big difference...for me in the written papers the Health and Safety stuff was a bind and Business type stuff such as theories of motivation etc...Have a look through the ABC syllabuses and get an idea of what is need…also worth knocking off a few of the 180 species ID and the list of disorders, pests and diseases as soon as you can…good luck Steve ps I hear that Merrsit Wood is very good too.
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    hi, cheers Blake 7 you have mail. Also does any one who has taken the management exercises have any pointers and ways to prepare for them? Thanks Steve
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    Hi, Ok I have just found out I have passed my written exams for my AA Tech Cert (Really pleased and well done to anyone else who has passed and thanks for everyones help from ArbTalk!!) Ok so I was hoping to meet up with people in the same boat to run through things for the management exercise (Based South Wales). I am planning on heading up to Arley Worcestershire Arboretum in the next few weeks if anyone else is keen? Cheers Steve
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    Yeah thats sounds like a bolete that you can eat...one of the guys in work made a massive lasagne with boletes that turned his chopping board blue ....he was in work today....he said tha they tasted good!...i would not use the fact that fungi that turn blue when cut are safe to eat!! cheers steve
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    Hi, Great pictures (what camera do u use?)....I think the 2nd ones look like boletes but there are many different types. The first pictures are Dryads saddle (Polyporus squamosus). By the way some boletes make good eating but I would make your you ID them 100 percent certain before firing up the stove! cheers steve
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    3 pictures from working out in Nepal with the RSPB. (Further Info on : Vulture Rescue http://www.slucocq.blogspot.com) Cheers Steve
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    Hi, Spotted this on a old Oak today whilst out for a walk. Managed to climb up and get a few out of balanced shots. I think it looks like Daedalea quercina (maze-gill). Cheers Steve ps last shot is a different tree.
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    vgood link....av you been busy? cheers steve
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    VVGood!....what a interesting rewarding days work and great photos. I am not a hardcore birdie person but placing my bets on a male Kestrel? Also generally what mulches are you using on such jobs? And what camera are you sporting at the moment? Cheers Steve
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    Hmm yeah I am unsure as getting mixed signals of what this fungus is, any other help?? Have you been up to much since the exam? I am trying to keep the momentum going and scrub up on pests, disorders and diseases. Cheers Steve
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    The tree is close to where I work in a local park where some surveying is carried out from time to time. There is some scope to carry out alternative work but it is close to a path that would be tricky/costly to move. I feel a phased retrench process would be a good option as it looks like is may well turn into a interesting tree if the centre decays away and the remaining buttress + roots remain healthy/strong enough to allow the retrenched tree to remain safe. The decay detection I thought would have been difficult to assess, as the buttress is complex with good reaction growth being laid down? thanks steve
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    Hmm, just looking back at other pictures and maybe not so sure now as the tubes are not brown but they are starting to turn, maybe an early reforming FB???
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    Hi a few more update pictures from today. Inonotus dryadeus all the way! Also I noticed that it causes a white rot of selective delignification of the buttress and roots leading to a ductile fracture in advanced cases. Any other useful info would be great and any views on the possible outcome for the trees from what you can see would be interesting? Cheers Steve
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    Hi, A few pictures from today that I think have all the signs of R.ulmarius. The bracket is large and has been there for many years. It is situated below a large horse chestnut limb in a high use area. I know it produces a friable brown rot but any other info on it would be good. Also I noticed in various books that this fungus is found on the buttress area and causes root and buttress rot but this is a good 3 metres up. Any ideas what to do with the limb would be good, I was thinking about reducing it by at least half? Thanks Steve
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    Hi, Good thread as have been struggling between the two. Ok so I think I know of a good size R.ulmarius bracket under a large limb on a chestnut in a local park (Will take pictures Monday). The limb is over a busy path in the park. As it’s a brown rot I would say it would be good to reduce/remove the limb pretty soon? Cheers Steve ps heres some pics I took a while back of i think R.ulmarius on a chestnut stump?
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    Hi, Does anyone have any information on the significance of Pholiota squarroas? Thanks Steve
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    Yeah arb ropes would be a killer but some of the early rock climbing pioneers would use some old hemp rope tied around there waist and some of the routes they put up were hard. Am using some dynamic 8.5 mm Beal Cobra half ropes. Cheers Steve

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