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    Its specialism linked with strict condition "conditions" dictates that numbers of species will be low associated with beech/fungal fruiting. This is an inescapable truth about "niche" exploitation...Its not as simple as "lots of fungi=lots of entymological assoc's" - At least that's how I read the logical succession of argument. The one point I think you raise however that most likely will be worthy of speculation is the interelationships between species....It is not necessarily a deal breaker if fewer species are linked with the beech if those species prove crucial in a sequence of events to what is a legacy of significant proportions...
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    Look forward to it Thomas!
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    Agreed...I nearly spit my dummy on hearing tell that beech are not native to a site in the SW.....If not, this must be down to a regional and confined variation.... There are indeed communities that rely on fruit bodies...I would hazard a guess that it is very specialised...The occurrence of the FB alone will not satisfy a "Lifecycle" which needs it's host to be in the kind of condition that will persist long enough and with the same , stable, habitat provision that initiates the association... These communities are very fussy. I am told you can spend a lifetime perhaps, searching under one guise or another,( perhaps as an ecological surveyor) and never actually see the invertebrates you seek....JUst evidence of habitation. Sadly, I suspect you may find the numbers disappoint Hama.But the jury is certainly not in!
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    I have asked the photographer to take more pics and close ups at that...Don't hold your breath though. It is more likely that he will be satisfied by the explanation! Thanks to Albedo for posting up that image...I am now convinced that the explanation is indeed with lichens...Interesting stuff!
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    Ha ha ha...yeah I know. In fact I am just acutely aware that no-one on this site has been able to inspect the image at closer quarters.... The lichens idea has been spun by a gent who would seem to be a bit of a encyclopedia....and he's seen the image better than this. I am actually sitting on the fence here....They both seem like plausable answers to me....but that bark aint flaky...its bloody yellow for christ sake!!
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    Bundle 2 replied to dadio's topic in Video forum

    Re-inventing the wheel methinks!
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    Oaks are better at locking up carbon though.
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    Maybe it is lichens actually eating other lichens....We see it in fungi, it also occurs in lichens (?) Explains the coloration anyway!
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    Oak( pendunculate & sessile) Willow species. Birch Hawthorn Blackthorn Poplar species (incl. aspen) Crab apple Scots pine Alder Elm Hazel Beech Ash Spruce Lime Hornbeam Rowan Maple Juniper Larch Fir Sycamore Holly Sweet chestnut Horse chestnut Yew Walnut Holm oak Plane 284 266 229 149 109 97 93 91 90 82 73 64 41 37 31 28 28 26 20 17 16 15 7 5 4 4 4 2 1 Invertebrate numbers associated with tree species-RESPECTIVELY (good luck working that out but you get the idea)
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    Marcesence Abscission and Marcescence in the Woods Audubon Guides If wind is the vector, surely it will result in displacement of litter to a another site? You learn something new everyday eh! Cheers
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    Oh...and I absolutely love the helical Beech shot !
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    I wonder if this kind of number bashing has simply not been done as the two species overlap in the way you describe Tony..... I do know insect species counts have been compiled for the various tree species in the uk.... Quercus spp- 284 Beech - 64 Perhaps it is a case of repeating the numbers without stipulating the parameters and extent of the survey? Edit: refers to posting on Pg3 Sorry for any confusion...Im a bit behind on my thread attendance huh!
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    Damn...that's some luck....! The risk we mange from trees is very low.The odds on her experiences that day must be pretty minimal. Blessed or cursed..? What did she do in a previous life I wonder ?
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    Species question mark(?)....I totally am knowing where you are headed....! Think on "Jaspidea" for example. There exists a tendency to show this coloration in the bark from this species (Ash) and whilst the young bark displays a greenish tone (chlorophyll is present in bark, indeed , capable of photosynthetic processes usually confined to the "leaf") the older specimen Fraxinus excelsior is perhaps guilty of hues of golden...? If not...what gives rise to hybridised species varieties like "Jaspidea" Tony...already i hear your cries of " me thinks he protest too much!" You may be right but you aren't online to repudiate my vociferous meanderings! I am only sorry to disappoint in the final analysis by failing to provide a full size image.....I am happy to pass on "Snail grazing" until further notice!
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    What....? Not working for ya?
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    perhaps I can...try this link. when it appears (if it appears) my browswer(firefox) allows meto enlarge to 3,000pixels I think....hoping this works! http://www.mollnet.ac.uk/courses/1/ONLINEARBCERT_2010/db/_17845_1/DSC00519.JPG
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    I wish I could but you'll have to take my word for it. ( Ive seen it blowm-up but by being logged into a service..sorry) Its plainly an opaque yellow color...not right for Fraxinus excelsior...wherever it might be!? Perhaps this is due to the snails ? (ie, slime they use;like slugs! )
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    What scientific explanation do you have for the unusual bark coloration there Tony? tIM
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    Its only meant as fun at ya bro'...sure you know that!
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    Sorry man...That Steve Bullman is a whippin' boy. Didn;t mean to drop you in it....
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    Tony...I gotta tell ya, as per earlier post; I have not seen this before, well. If I had, I did not put it down to this. You should not be so dismissive of your audience...We thick boss! @ ging "hamadryad, do you take on apprentices? " Youre fired already mate....Take a walk!
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    Sorry..no. Also, I think my speculations above to be in the realm of fantasy....Leaves, in the run up to abscission, are essentially sinks for the tree's waste products....Abscission uses a great deal of energy from the tree in relative terms....( remember a thread started a while back by Marcus about this and other related "equilibrium" aspects to lifecycles ? Dony know what happened to it..fizzled out!) Nevermind, it lead to my acquiring a small text re:dormancy in plants...hugely interesting. Thanks whoever posted that link!) The thing is, I can find no reference to toxic/mineral deficiencies that are identifiable in bark features.....Oh the joys of ignorance! What we can say maybe is that, if the only tree in a group, all subject to the same criteria/conditions, is this one...wouldn't that switch the flick in your brain to say..how come just one?
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    Thanks for that.....As you know, its always good to cross refer with other resources and opinion...
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    This is seen in the leaves for sure ( wait, there aren;t any!-) Bark however, whilst it does still contain some chlrophyll ( esp noticeable on young ash -giving the young bark a smooth, greenish appearance) ... we should consider the cells dead. That is what bark does. Then it is sloughed off....right? mt point being, why should we see any indication in the barks condition that relates to an ongoing deficiency? I dont know! Perhaps because the tree needs to "flush out" build ups of unusually high levels of one particular element perhaps, and as the leaves are not present, it uses the bark? Pure speculation on my part I assure you! It is not present higher up the stem however...Vascular? I need to look in my"Plant Nutrient Disorders (5)"-Ornamental Plants & Shrubs: by G.C.Cresswell & R.G.Weir. Keep the suggestions coming...Thanks for looking !
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    David....I didn't. The only one i a handful of id's I was doing...! Is the theme for the directory designed more for tree related/tree issue fungi? There are plenty more that I lnow of that Tony and your goodself have captured images of and ID'd on here, that simply aren't on there. I should probably have guessed at the blusher...Ive seen it plenty and so on....Folk were barking up the Benzoin/cuticularis route however (elsewhere) which didn't seem quite right to me somehow! Tim:001_smile:

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