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  1. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    As to the ash chalara is now here and spreading, we will be VERY busy in the coming five years millions of ash to fell and lots of firewood to be had. This is a tragedy that was so easily avoided and is the fault of our industry in allowing this trade to continue a lesson that should have been learned with dutch elm disease or DED this yew, look to see if the dying branches are connected to a narrow strip of sunken bark or canker. potential disease Amylostereum laevignatum
  2. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    why? have you established the level of decay? NO trees that are healthy and growing well compensate for decay, if the tree is dying back and sick then yes I may agree, but not without at the very least a core to confirm your prognosis.
  3. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    your first resipinate fungi is very common this year in the current damp conditions in which it thrives coniophora puteana lots about this year, if your lucky youll also see a more olive green version, and the bright yellow fan resupinate coniophora arida and Schisopora paridoxa is a much more toothy crustose fungi, very common on cherry (p Avium and also on birch burrs) the second is a postia sp or tyromyces
  4. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    nice one Katie, ont the root failure with the high water table what species of tree? this is probably perenniporia
  5. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    This is most likely a minor colonization via armillaria, look for a stressed branch connected to the vascular channel associated with this portion of the stem cambium. it may be the branch is on the other side if helical grown and an "edge tree" (avenues for example) quite normal, improve growing conditions and it will be minor
  6. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    The basal language in this cedar suggests something is going on for sure. I would want to know the T/R ratios of the lower stem, its a basal rot somewhat into the stem, get an idea of the level of decay in the stem and you can extrapolate that to root decay of the major structural roots also as the tissues are all connected. Whatever we believe of fungi whatever strategies and modes of lifestyle we assign to them we must never forget that climate change i causing shifts in lifestyles and capacities of many of the major decays and must always remain open to less than expected outcomes in the near future.
  7. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    You think I dont know! been plotting a scheme of harvesting arbtalk members ever since! Jae Rhim Lee: My mushroom burial suit | Video on TED.com
  8. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    Yep I would run with perenniporia on first glance too
  9. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    one of the most neglected areas of forestry is the role of Mycorrhizae in a healthy and productive stand and the poor performance of single species Monocultures
  10. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    And so it begins, and no its not airborn its been shipped in on ash 40% of ou plants are imported, some are even labelled of uk provenance as they take uk seed grow it on, its shipped to holland germinated then shoipped to poland and grown on, then shipped to germany grown on to mature and then shipped back through holland to us! This is a disgraceful situation, and there is no excuses, we should have shut down this trade when DED was first discovered.
  11. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    100%, oh slapmy wrists!I should have said 99.995 %
  12. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    I dunno, squamules versus scales my boy!
  13. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    Coprinus atrematarius (spelling maybe off on last bit!)
  14. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    if you see one develop let me know so I can get to it open:thumbup1:
  15. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    I have desired that poplar pholiota for years!
  16. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    What would one of those set me back?
  17. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    just notice the new avatar! the train wrecker!
  18. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    they certainly did, pride of place on the fireplace!
  19. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    Thought you lot might appreciate this one. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KI3IFlorjtM]Inonotus nodulosus the silvery porecrust - YouTube[/ame]
  20. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    or give us a shout and I will pop along too:thumbup1:
  21. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    mmm shut down too!
  22. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    seems not:001_tt2:
  23. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    mmmm deleting a thread?
  24. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    This is just nuts, the whole thing. I said my good byes a while back as I was stepping back for personal reasons. I came on for a bit just to chat with a couple of great guys that I had spent some time with this weekend, it was meant to be for fun!
  25. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    Christ anyone would think It was a major deal! Just come to realise a lot of stuff and decided to stop making AT the major part of my life that it had been for too long! Dont make a fuss out of it, its daft, and I dont want to talk about it, so stop it now. I will stick around, just not with so much enthusiasm!

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