Tony Croft aka hamadryad

your so my new fave member:lol:

your right they look tidy:001_cool:

nice EXAMPLE OF iNONOTUS FRUIT BODY SCAR AND BODY LANGUAGE OF THE DECAY. this is Atypical form, having left the most highly fluid active cambium channels would need a good inspection but like most will probably be fine with a carefully considered remodeling of crown architecture

pm me

thats cool!

thats a cracking shot of nectria mate.

Think you need to rethink this ident, its a trametes, maybe zonatum, could be something else but this ones pore structure is indeed a pore structure and NOT as it appears a toothy one, sadly, wish it was. nice sample though

I wont bother to make an assumption on the placement of the question mark, but in answer to the last half of the inquiry, no this was purely mangment, cyclical containment. what some of us call canopy cover conservation!

there is some cracking shots in your last bunch David, good to see this one still going strong

an old bracket of Laetiporus sulphureus as Sloth suggested would be my educated guess.

Its highly unlikely its phytopthera, send the shot over to me at [email protected], trees get armillaria bouts like we get colds, and common as the same too, wheras phytopthora is far and away rarer I will try and find some papers on Glyns work when I get time they wil be hard to locate! in a massive vault of PDF's that I hoard!

Thanks for the support, unfortunately (shall find out who loaned it to ashman) i wasnt the sender:001_smile:

I agree, guilty myself of that from time to time, looking for the dark, but the age of duality made that an easy trap. To see the light as David points out and subtly eludes to one has to be "illuminated" everyone's perspective is unique, often a reflection, give that some thought, and turn the thought 180degrees! Nice to be included! lol, but im N01 not 7! lol:lol:

Its funny, we have a line of young elms that have gotten way past the normal diameter, almost 14-18'' DBH now in Chesham Bucks and I know of two of about 2 foot DBH in the colne valley so things may be on:thumbup1: the up. Ecological time always sorts things out in the end, we tend to get a little over stressed about changes

O.k I had approached this maybe in the wrong manner before, a sensitive soul am I, I apologies for any insult but assured karmic Law will and may well serve me right in due course! I would like to ask THIS COMMUNITY once more to help locate this member for some explanation as to the books whereabouts, if its lost, or if its just forgotten is fine, but lets get this sorted as there is a number of Members seeking an opportunity to read this book above many others. I lost a lot of "energy" in negative thoughts due to this loss but it was/is but one book amoung many that are in circulation in bookclub which is a project VERY dear to me and I am sorry I allowed this to set it back so far. I will be adressing issues and owed books in due course this may take some time

Thats a fair comment, always worth elucidating the details for others though, of particular importance in the understanding is that M. giganteus has Pectinase for breaking down pectin, the super adhesive in the middle lammela. Yes, sympathize with the dilemma, not an easy one to make a call on, all too often its just a question of time although mostly reductions are sufficient and able to prolong life span and risk.

I will also concur with David, and apologise for the delayed reply! been a bit well, think I had a man period! winter soltice and all! Thats the trouble with being a dryad, bit sensitive to earths cycles:biggrin:

awesome image fella, thanks for sharing:thumbup1:

This is a very intereting avenue of thought, going along the lines of universal laws. I will look into this a little more indepth and see if it is in sychronious harmony wth current earthly resonances. by that I mean there are laws that govern things beyond our mental and visual perspectives, this 10-20-30 phenomina may be inspired if unkowingly by such rules, for examples of such laws see the Fibonacci index, sacred geometry etc. I am VERY sympathetic to such maths, they are a key of fundamental importance and have been in all human histories. They have periodically changed in history in line with the changes to planetary movements but essentially the core math is Fibonacci's, or rather he was one of its discoverers, as many no doubt found the law in history:001_cool: The life and numbers of Fibonacci | plus.maths.org [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rx31y1KKK3E]Sacred Geometry Explained Part 1 of 2 - YouTube[/ame] I am based in Watford, Hertfordshire, tree declines are to be expected, were messing around with stocks, importation of strains and even worse genetic manipulations, the old ancients seem to fair far better. So in my mind, the declines are a reflection of our lack of understanding and arrogance with regard to natural law, and we had better start listening to natures laws before we go too far up the proverbial creek and lose the paddles!

awesome thread and images guys, some corkers, nice first from David, lovely photo! It would be hard to pic one of mine for this, so many fantastic images, but heres a few anyways:001_smile: A Fine Fairy ring of Clitocybe geotropa on Quercus robur One of my fave trees from this year, an ash pollard in Essex:001_cool: And a nice lone oak in a field wearing his autumn colours:001_smile:

This is good advice, I would add. Consider looking around localy to get a feel for the natural species diversity, and what grows well, like ask yourself what species thrive in neglected spots localy. planning for biodiversity is really about copying the natural succession of species and not trying to establish the peak species balance but starting off the cycle in a way that initiates the cycle. For instance, my local brown field sites start with Budleja birch hawthorn and goat willows, along with certain herbaceous perennials like foxgloves, willow herb etc etc. So think about this logically within your locality and stimulate this pattern. Hope this was usefull.

If the Honey fungus species is Mellea (most likely) Leylands will cope fairly well, especially as they are new plants free of the damage/stress incurred to others on site. Your gut instinct on fumigation being a negative is spot on, and unnecessary for the reasons you suspect regarding mycorrhizae and other beneficial biospheric organisms too, the soil ( rhizosphere) is a complex community and imbalances are the root cause of symptoms above ground. Addressing soil/rhizospheric imbalances will resolve the issues with negative decay fungi. healthy soil communities and trees can and do cope with pathogens, only imbalances cause issues. I wouldnt remove soil, for the same reasons i wouldnt do the fumigation, mulching, sugar application and even assessments of the soil nutritional profile if possible would be a good avenue to explore in such a set of imbalances. Your lime bleeding/tar spots will be mellea also and is very normal, limes are susceptible, but will be fine as long as optimum growth conditions can be restored. Mulching is a great way of boosting soil biological action including fungal predation/grazing, never underestimate what even a small ring of mulch can achieve in tree health, it simulates natural forest floor biology. There are species that are more resistant to mellea, Oaks, and Beech for example, depending also on the acidity of the soil, preferably on the alkaline side for beech or slightly over the neutral line for Oak, with neutral acidity being optimum for multi species planting. I hope this was usefull to assist in exploring the potential for remediation and increased your options.

If you want my opinion Paul/Jaime, this lack of a TRULY worthwhile individual cert of arboricultural competence is as important and as big a step as the recent changes made to the Arb approved scheme, and your really missing a trick here. I tried many times to gain Tech arbor A by assessment, to no avail, and this has been a great frustration for me, as I know it is for others. The AA saying there is no path to this mode of accreditation of the grade, as with the other grades, this leaves people only CAS or ISA options, offering a step path approach to acknowledged grades, outside of academic quals. The AA could and should develop a system of exams and tests not like those offered elsewhere but new, and truly worthwhile, nothing easily gained is worth having or investing in..... Take my own personal experience here, wont be relevant to most but this is my reply, so can only speak for me! You know ive taken my education very seriously and pursued knowledge that is really rather worthless in the current model, and actually is of no value to anyone, accept me! This is going to come across a bit ego! what I taught myself is where this industry is heading essentialy ahead of the game, but until the industry and it may be 20 years away catches up and recognises the massive holes in the system of knowledge and training my skills are essentialy not going to earn me a living! sure I can operate at a high level and engage with my peers on an even footing but without some pathetic piece of paper to quantify where I am at I cant even get my foot in a door for interview, let alone be taken seriously as a consultant. So for me, seeing the AA (my prefered body) offer a path (for a substantial fee) to a worthy and respected qualification or (pay grade) is my greatest wish at this time. I am not talking about some (widely critisied NPTC) worthless bit of paper that most in the industry consider a mere formality, but something NEW and significant for those who actualy want to be great arbs/consultants and not just be a cool dreadlock rasta smoking spliffs and driving a landy to house their bling pulies and 4ft barred stihl 088 for lumping out the big wood! Im ranting... but this is a sore point for me! in summary- find me a way, set me a fee give me the exam agenda and give me a cert, o I can get a job that will fit my purpose:thumbup1:

fair enough, shall bog off!

ha ha ha ha, sorry but I dont do stunt fells or how to change a saw sprocket!