Giles Hill
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I've not seen this in real life either and had imagined it to be something you'd find mostly in pine woodland, but David's one looks like an isolated pine in the middle of a deciduous wood? Are there many other potential hosts in the vicinity? Or did that spore just get lucky?
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Thanks David, I did a bit of googling over the weekend and most of the results were for foreign websites - it seems to be a little more well-known in other countries, I didn't find much in the way of useful ID though.
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P. robustus is a dull looking thing compared to some brackets and given that it likes being out of reach and it's not edible, it might just be boring rather than very rare.
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I don't know, but it looks like a scary monster face in the first picture.
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I don't know how rare some of these things really are... If you believe this article there have only been 296 recorded sitings of Ganoderma resinaceum: Look at the rare fungi I?ve found (From Worcester News)
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Looking at Nuttyarbs site, I noticed some pictures of Phellinus robustus - apparently there have only been 12 known sitings in England. They reminded me of a pic I took a while back of a bracket I couldn't ID but thought it might be an odd looking Fistulina growing about 4m above ground level on an oak: Obviously it's inconclusive to say the least - it was too high to photograph the upper part and it's in Rutland, so it'll be a while before I get a chance to investigate further. It does have some similarities to these pics from NA's site, including the small splits around the edge. I'd like to know what other characteristics I need to look for to get a positive ID one way or the other.
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By coincidence I just happened to take a visit last week and agree with you Sean - there's some great fungi pics too.
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Hey, thanks! I planted an Aralia years ago, when I lived with my parents, but I don't remember it having as good autumn colour as that.
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Aralia elata?
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It's the next one in the book - Nyssa sylvatica. When I saw it the tree, but before I found the name plaque, I thought it was some kind of evergreen tree. Obviously it's not, but the leaves are glossy like camelia or laurel.
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Thanks John, I didn't know merip started off like a blob - I do now!
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The other fourth picture above the Merip. It looks like a bread roll. In fact it looks like this young G. resinaceum.
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No takers? Here's a pic of the whole tree at Arley Arboretum:
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That looks a great outdoor classroom John, nice pics too, I'm ok with the ID's of most of them, but... Is the fourth one a young Ganoderma resinaceum? And is the big white one a Perreniporia / Rigidoporus?
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A bit of a guess there John. Here's one that I'd seen in books, but not real life - fortunately it had a name plaque next to it.
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It is in Barchams then:001_rolleyes: I thought the leaf tips weren't pointy enough and I seem to remember Scott posting pics of some very exotic trees in the past - I thought he'd done the same again. I keep looking back to see if your one has been identified - it looks like some kind of weird crab-rowan. It's not a sorbus domestica is it?
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I don't think either of those two are in the Barcham catalogue, therefore they don't exist.
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Sorry. It's in the Barcham's catalogue and I've specified it once or twice. Nice to see a mature one - looks like it's going to have a good autumn colour to it.
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Koelreuteria paniculata?
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As above, the council should be balancing the interests of all the residents (as best they can). Not to mention the tourist economy.
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Views work both ways. In this case some arrogant buffoon now has a nice view of the river, BUT everyone else out enjoying the river now has a view of his generic 'lifestyle' appartment block.
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Very nice this - old blokes doing old blokes dance music for old blokes like me. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2V_ZT-nyOs]YouTube - LCD Soundsystem - "All My Friends"[/ame]
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Just when you think you're at the top of your game...
Giles Hill replied to Steve Bullman's topic in Video forum
Same here, I also ended up reading most of the following thread and the various links. It's interesting to read his thoughts and approach to the work - balancing the risks, with avoiding 'collateral' damage to the environment. -
I think they use photo's now, but I could be wrong. The had dried up lumps at the tree life thing, but I think they said that photos are used in the exam.
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Excellent, I'm there on Friday too. I'll be driving up an staying at a mates in Bridgnorth the night before. Are you driving? Let me know if you need a lift afterwards, obviously I won't be going to that London, but I can drop you off at a station, if you're going by train. On the downside, Friday is the last day, so the examiners might be grumpy aledgedly... My fungi ID is probably just adequate to pass - I got a few wrong in the Mock test at Tree Life - it's a bit easier checking stuff on arbtalk with google and Phillips close to hand!
