Will Hinchliffe

Very cool!

Pop into the Botanics and say hello

Thanks everyone

Hello good people

We are looking to hire a tracked wood chipper in Edinburgh for two weeks.

If anyone has one for hire please email me with your contact details

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If you know of any good hire firms that may have one please also let me know.

Thanks

"The species belongs in the difficult G. lucidum complex but is separated from G. lucidum s. str. by having a more robust basidiocarp. a blackish pilear surface, paler context, wider spores that appear distinctly "rough" under the light and scanning microscopes, and a preference for conifers. Unfortunately, no cultural data is available for G. carnosum"

MycoBank, the fungal website

In my post I stated that G.carnosum used to be called G.Valesiacum but I am not entirely sure this is correct.

Remember these are quite old dried specimen so colors have will have faded. The photo of G.Valesiacum in Pilze looks very similar to Baxters bracket. Identification can really only be confirmed as Fungus says by a professional. So send it on in and the top people can have a look at it.

Will & Baxter,

I would advise to take a sample and sent it for identification by a professional mycologist to Kew. David Humphries can tell you how and to whom to address it.

Send it to me and we can Identify it at the botanics:thumbup1: I will pass it on to a profesional. They would be interested in it for the herbarium as our specimen is quite old. I think the best way to send it would be the whole bracket.

When looking in the books it looks like it used to be called G.Valesiacum

Here are some photos of our Herbarium specimen and a comparison with G.resinacium.

I will get some better advice over to you after I have spoken to someone at work.

Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh have a G.carnosum listed in the catologue for the herbarium. I will see if I can find it. It was collected in 1975 from a yew at Loch Lomomd, Inchlonaig. Im sure I can probably find the right book in the library with a description of the species.

Nice find Mr Baxter!

I think Wilton house near Salisbury has a large Quercus alnifolia near the palaidian bridge, I also think it has a Golden Catalpa. Would be worth a call.

Go to worth Matravers and walk down to winspit. You are living in a great place.

Thanks for the reply. All very interesting. I think advice thats coming out on P.ramorum in the Uk needs to be reviewed. The interpretation of the science has been confusing.

Really interesting thanks I have observed similar exudates on Fagus, Betula and Acers colonised by Armilaria but I have never tasted them before. Why are the exudates associated with cambium necrosis caused by armilaria different from those associated with Phytothera ?

What Is the fate of the Quercus robur with Phytothera ramorum infection. Is there a policy of removing P.ramorum infected trees for control of the disease in the Netherlands.

Have you seen P.ramorum with the ability to colonise and kill healthy trees or have the infected trees been stressed or in decline already.

Sory lots of questions. Feel free to point me to other sources.

Thanks.

The buckling in photo 1 is great.

How did you decide that the bark necrosis was caused by the Armillaria ? If coming across the feature shown in photo two for the first time how would you tell it was bark necrosis rather than a mechanical injury that has been colonised by Armillaria.

Have you identified the Phytothera species in photo 3 or sent a sample of.

Will

Thats brilliant

I use a long loop, from the floor to my shoulder of 8mm cord to tie a Klemheiist to a double line for foot locking. 8mm seems to work best on all sizes of access line. Its just for going up so you need a ring or a figure of 8 on your harness to get back down. The knot can be easily broken by thumbing the bight that snares the doubled line attached to the climber.

Yea they are nice and comfy once they are broken in.

These ?

 

 

Why are they better?

Those are the ones.

They are sharper out of the box

The blade is more curved giving you a more constant application of pressure through the cut.

They dont come together with a bang like felcos.

They hold there edge much better and because they are stainless they dont go rusty. I found a pair in a hedge that I had lost a year before and when I picked them up they were still cutting better than the felcos I had out that day.

They are lighter and also cheaper.

I dont know anyone who has used them who would tolerate a pair of felcos again.

Felcos are absolute crap compared to ARS v8 sectors. They are so much better.

:elefant:This is a fantastic job in a beautiful part of the country. You will get to work on some great trees with some nice kit. The standard of work is very high.

I have worked for Jon for just over 4 years and have really enjoyed it.

Nice work reg. Is that 19mm double esterlon your using as your main rigging line ?