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  1. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    Whilst carrying out a literature review I came upon this in "Diagnosis and prognosis of the development of wood decay in urban trees" Francis WMR Schwarze 2008 page 158 para 3 "Some authors postulate that wood decay evolved slowly, beginning with the soft-rot fungi from which white rot and subsequently brown rot fungi evolved (Worral et al. 1997) This is at odds with my understanding of the evolutionary progress of the Fifth Kingdom and at the moment do not understand why authors should make such an assumption. In my limited understanding yes soft-rot fungi which origionated in water came first, but surely with 94% of brown rot fungi being limited to the more primitive Gymnopserms this is folly. Angiosperms evolved much later and some authors suggest that white rot evolution was responsible for the prevention of lignified remains and coal creation during the carboniferous period. what say thee?
  2. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    Awesome, nothing better than stories about mans best friend In my book, got quiet choked in all honesty, might have to get my new beast soon.
  3. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    good info be safe guys and gals
  4. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    lol, i would cut somebodies Jacobs off for that!
  5. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    Well done that man, was going to say the same thing. if it holds your weight its too strong
  6. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    Paul, your a sensitive old soul, I thought i was but you my man take it wayyyyyyyyyy too seriously by far
  7. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    thats the coolest thing ive seen for ages, thanks
  8. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    how was I to know! lol
  9. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    I thought maybe my two no1 fans was having a little play! my count froze, and was going up as soon as I mentioned it, then only every third post. I know what those two are like, they loves a game! wasnt being melodramatic was saying the games up boys! and even then my count for the day is on 15809 a lot more posts Ive made today, but its software issues im told, not the boys twisting with my melon!
  10. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    thats a good litle snippet that, consider this committed to memory:thumbup1: your not nearly as daft as you are cabbage looking you know:biggrin:
  11. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    all together now....... Phaaeeeeeollllllllllllllllussssssssss:lol: argh I still got it
  12. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    my post count was frozen at 15800, and only now its counting the odd one or two, its alright I know whats going on now:thumbup1:
  13. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    A qualified arboricultural assesor would have to make the final call, HSE and Insurance companies HAVE to use expert opinions too you know
  14. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    what a fascinating discovery, when I finaly get over to your place Mat i wouldnt mind seeing this one up close! Like david says though well worth contacting forest research, its very unusual.
  15. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    good lad:thumbup1:
  16. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    The powers of Arbtalk have taken it upon themselves to freeze my posts counter, I wonder why? and how funny it just counted this post!
  17. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    that is a very great shame, this tree is just begining the most interesting portion of its life, it could now provide substrate for the rare hericiums, like erinaceus in the stem, and maybe cirrhatus on the fallen timber if allowed to remain in situ. It is down to us all to at least try at every oportunity to offer solutions that are in keeping with tree ecology.
  18. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    She will be fine, give her a tickle on what remains and treat her as a veteran a class she just entered and maybe the longest portion of her life stages.
  19. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    pure mechanical fork failure. good example
  20. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    good, I wonder if its the same crew I kicked of Whippendell last year, they tend to find another site when one is too much agro. There needs to be some way of stopping this rather than just seeing them off one site only for them to appear on another:thumbdown:
  21. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    was this at frishden David? those boys are going to be getting a telling off if it is! be there in a flash!
  22. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    Ashridge is a very special place, Ive spent hundreds maybe even a thousand hours or more round the park, but frishden beeches is the creme de la creme of it. Absolutley classic beech woodland habitat with all the species present that you might associate with ancient beech woodland, a very good place to study the eco system that is beech woodland:thumbup1: Home to hericium cirrhatus:thumbup1:
  23. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    Outrageous abuse of a plug opportunity:lol:! he is right though, good introductions to the subject.
  24. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    And i never saw it or give a rats a!
  25. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    Im glad you all got over to her, I did plan to meet you guys but got away too late. She is a very very special old girl, no meripilus showing then? was the gano fully formed yet?

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