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  1. Tom Joye
    After I posted, I checked soortenbank.nl and I already saw the picture of P. tuberaster and read that also P. squamosus can have a more or less central stipe ... but decided to wait and see what you would answer (I was pretty sure you would ) by the way: Hama, I was not trying to discredit you or double-check your info , you're both way out of my fungus-league anyway, so I'm just happy to learn. cheers, Tom
  2. Tom Joye
    Been reading through some very old messages and found this one. Thanks for the correction of the ID, Hama. Never heard of P. tuberaster before
  3. Tom Joye
    Yup, this is a very nice fruiting body of Phaeolus schweinitzii Which tree species was it on? Cheers, Tom
  4. Tom Joye
    I wasn't really involved, it was well before my time (I noticed it being there, but was still a student at that time, so my priorities lied elsewhere ) The statue was just felled one day, so I guess someone decided that it was no longer safe to retain
  5. Tom Joye
    Just catching up on threads I missed... The Belgian can hereby confirm that visiting Davids playground is well worth the trip Some pioneering work being done there (especially when seen from a Belgian point of view, running decades behind ... ) And while I'm here, might as well post some pics of a park tree (if I remember well it was beech) in Ghent that has been gone for many years, but that spent the last 5 years of his life looking like this (at least one visionary deed over here):
  6. Tom Joye
    This is a good day, I learned something new ... again
  7. Tom Joye
    Thanks a lot Gerrit , didn't know G. australe also could have guttation droplets
  8. Tom Joye
    And while we're at it, two more pics and questions... 1. on birch: is this a form of Phlebia merismoides? 2. in a young beech wood: could this be Ramaria? Sorry, don't have any detailed pics
  9. Tom Joye
    Thanks Gerrit, I'll keep my eyes wide open to spot 2 young branches growing in each others direction And then another question. What fungus could this be? It's on a stem/branch of an Aesculus that was recently cut of a tree in bad condition and now lying on the ground. I don't have any more detailed pics or info, just came across this FB when walking in a park. I'm especially puzzled by the droplets, immediately made me think of I. dryadeus (but impossible, because not on oak). Could that be guttation or just rain drops that got stuck (it was a bit of a rainy day)? Regards, Tom
  10. Tom Joye
    Gerrit, Thanks a lot for the ID, I'll check for a positive ID of Russula cyanoxantha. And I imagined that I might be more succesfull in finding interesting FB later this year. As for your question: as I have only found a few FB's and only one or two that I can really link to the big beeches root system, it's very hard to answer that. All FB were found in this small but dense tree group, but as for now, it's hard to link a FB to a specific root or even tree. But I'll keep checking up on the tree and the fungal associations and I'll keep you all updated... Cheers, Tom
  11. Tom Joye
    Last week I took a litlle walk to this beech again. Still standing, retrenched a little more, but I did not find much FB's. The ones I found were scattered around the small group of beeches, not necessarily on the big beech. Here's what I found: * first two pictures: young FB of Meripilus on the underside of the root plate and lots of adventitious roots, but no sign of Laccaria amethystina around stem base * next shot:?? * Russula parazurea? * last shots: all Boletus chrysenteron? So if my ID's correct it seems indeed that most macrofungi are generalistic species rather than specialists.
  12. Tom Joye
    Gerrit, Apparently you see this as an 'active' process, under 'controll' of the tree? That's hard to believe. Always thought of it as a 'lucky shot'? How could a tree controll this? Would it be like many dormant buds sprouting on both sides and two just might connect? Your last set of pictures is absolutely stunning! Remember one of Davids pictures of a beech with a similar branch grafting (that I've seen in real life ): interesting biomechanics Cheers, Tom
  13. Tom Joye
    you're very creative when it comes to finding info on our fungi-friends, aren't you
  14. Tom Joye
    Ok, you got me there
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    Exactly my thoughts! But aside from monitoring the situation and informing the Tree Manager, there's not much I can do. I'm thinking this might be a good tree to have a 'reduction/coronet/fracture pruning' workshop with the training centre I work for. I guess that's the only way this beech is going to be reduced instead of felled (if they act before it comes down by itself )
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    Gerrit, This park was landscaped in 1875, so the oldest trees should be 136 years old. I don't know if this beech is one of the original trees, but it is plausible. I will keep a keen eye on this beech and the processes you describe. I'll look for confirmation in the form of FB's of the ectomycorrizal fungi and the adventitious roots. Regards, Tom
  17. Tom Joye
    Thanks a lot, never heard of this anamorph form of Laetiporus before. Now found your picture on Soortenbank.nl (use that website a lot as a valuable source of info, too bad for the rest of you that it's in Dutch )
  18. Tom Joye
    The Meripilus thread seemed like the right place to post this Big beech in a park within walking distance from my house. It has got Meripilus FB on the root plate, which is slowly tipping over. Major compensation growth, both at the root base as in the roots. Busy walking path just 10 m away, in the direction of the lean. I have first seen this tree 2 years ago, during a VTA-course I was teaching, immediately informed the Tree Manager (whom I know very well). He thanked me a lot for informing him and now, 2 years later, ... the tree is still there. Nothing much has changed, but I still think it is not a good idea to just leave it there. Your thoughts on this? Cheers, Tom PS: while uploading the pictures, I just noticed something: are those sterile beech fruits in one of the pictures? ... panic fruiting?
  19. Tom Joye
    Thank you Gerrit, I posted this picture before, but that was before you were on this forum, so I'll re-try Could this bulbous, deformed fruiting body be a form of panic fruiting (possibly of Laetiporus)? It was on the same Q. rubra stem as the big Laetiporus FB, some 50 cm away. It is a standing monolith dead stem, probably cut when the tree was declining, before it was dead (no more exact info). It does not exactly fit the picture, because I guess the Laetiporus can continue digesting the wood saprotrophically, so no reason for panic fruiting. Enlighten me , just trying to get more insight here... Cheers, Tom
  20. Tom Joye
    Gerrit, I understand the concept of 'panic fruiting' and in the case of the Sparassis it is obvious. But how can a FB be recognised as 'panic fruiting'. Or can you only tell if you have the whole picture (tree+fungus+environment). Cheers, Tom ps: just signed up for the mini-symposium in Meerssen in Octobre, looking forward to it
  21. Tom Joye
    Gerrit, It is not my decision, but I'll try my best (and use all my influence, ahum...) not to see this tree cut down just like that. As you, I would like to see this tree preserved in a way that is acceptable for everybody (both us fungus and tree friends and the tree manager). And I may not be a very active contributor, but I'm a very attentive reader, so I want to stress it again (it has been said before ): your contributions on this forum are priceless! Thank you for all the input. Kind regards, Tom
  22. Tom Joye
    Thank you Gerrit, I'll pass on this (very valuable) info...
  23. Tom Joye
    Dankjewel Gerrit Thanks a lot for the identification, that's one special find allright, but it isn't mine. The pictures were sent to me by a Highway officer, who was mainly interested in the safety of the Quercus rubra this fungus is growing on. So from a VTA point of view, how would you classify this fungus? Kind regards, Tom
  24. Tom Joye
    Hi all, a colleague just asked me which fungi this is. Could this be Armillaria tabescens? And if so, would you consider this a saprophitic or parasitic species? Thanks a lot, Tom
  25. Tom Joye
    Interesting thread! I'm convinced we should pay more attention to symbiosis in our tree management, but these are exactly my thoughts, David. For a couple of years now, I've been looking into these mycorrhiza-preparations and I always see the same Glomus species pop up in the different commercial preparations. These are fungus species that would even form mycorrhizae with a rock! As Hamadryad, I would prefer to respect the specific natural tree-fungus symbiosis. (alltough I guess this is not as interesting commercially as 'one prep fits all'). I didn't look it up yet, but apart from that, I would like to know if all these species are indigenous in the UK (or Belgium, in my case) and if they are, in which ecological balance with other species they occur. Now that we've messed up everything above ground, I would not like to do the same below ground. Just expressing my thoughts, I'll dig a little deeper in the information Dan provided (Thank you for that, Dan). Kind regards, Tom

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