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Thanks all, Cavity is the wrong word sorry. The fruiting bodies are growing on the exposed wood. I guess the defect is more of a split or some type of mechanical damage which runs vertically up the stem about 2m. New bark is occluding round. Cheers all for your help, sorry the pics arent great, i need a new camera! Chris

Hi all, Any ideas on what this white fungus is? Growing on a Lawsons cypress around a cavity in the stem. Any help would be great cheers.

Congratulations Glen and Tim! I know your pain getting through this qualification, and I am also overjoyed to add to the celebrations and advise that I finally passed the dreaded Unit 5 after a re sit this year and now hold the Full Tech Cert. too! I got my certificate etc on Thursday and am still buzzing! A lot of hard work as you all know, but seriously worth it....especially now its all over!! Like both of you, it feels like I can finally take this Tech Cert anvil off my shoulders! Thanks a lot also to all of you here who gave tips and support over the last 2 years. Well done guys. Chris.

Ok. Many thanks guys

Hi All, Can anyone point me in the right direction as to what this might be? Ive never seen it before and wondered if anyone recognises it and can enlighten me! Thanks Chris

Good luck Glen and everyone else doing theirs. I'm there on Friday for a re sit of Unit 5. Hopefully I have found (at least) the missing 3% I failed on last year! I'll be so glad when this is all over...

Hi Warhammer, Well done on getting through 3 of 4. Exactly the same for me but i missed out on the 5837 exercise by 3% which is a bit hard to swallow. im trying to find out for certain if the re sits are in Oct 2011 which, if true, is a bit crap imo. im sure i heard they would be running re sits in May but that may have changed. i will post if i get some clarification. Chris

HI all, I took these pics last week as a client had some concerns. its on a mature Scots pine. My thoughts initially were gall rust although the area affected didnt appear swollen. Ive looked it up everywhere but im still not 100% certain and would like to be sure before i advise on what action to take. it was only evident on the lowest lateral limb, i couldnt see it anywhere else in the crown following a climbed inspection. Cheers in advance for any help Chris

Great stuff, Thanks for the quick replys guys.

Can anyone tell me whats going on here? i dont know the fungus and would like to explain to my client what has happened to the bark. Any help greatly appreciated. Cheers