Tony Croft aka hamadryad

blue grey or brown?

in fact Im going to drive over, find the hotel owner/manger and see if I can core it! see you next weekend!

Smashing shots, I was looking at the scars on its base only a few weeks prior, fantastic to see it confirmed!

I will always judge a man more by how he thinks and carries himself than by how he spells, but David is right it is important, but not essential if it means the difference between saying and being quiet:thumbup:

thanks Paul, was posted early on though:001_rolleyes:

your correct artists bracket is applanatum=lipsiense and dont forget G. adspersum is now australe! also see the ganoderma thread:thumbup1:

Im only 40 FFS! its all down hill from here in though!

we are in soooooooo much trouble!

I woke up this moning and started on a paper on the laetiporus clade from elselvier, awesome, I am what I am and happy as a pig in doo doo:lol:

"this oles too big even for the mighty Hama!":lol:

thanks guys, Ive been working on my presentation for arbfest mostly this afternoon!

ha he is going to love me for that! Happy birthday old timer,

were doing VTA and have a VERY chatty tree to look at so yep:thumbup1:

Pluerotus ostreatus- never seen it on Oak before so really interesting shots. it wont do much harm to the tough old oak, it does indicate root issues as it fruits on the column of dead wood associated with the dysfunctional trunk section/vascular pathway once associated with the damaged root/s. it will be restricted I suspcet in this Oak. I would want to have a little airspading done to uncover the extent of the damage/compromised root system. and it can fruit any time of year fellas

imputting together a handout so take notes but youll not miss much in my talks:thumbup1:

Interesting article about Cryptococcus fungi entitled Titan Cells Titan cells protect Cryptococcus

would not have it any other way bro,

thats what a strop on the saw and a work positioning lanyard is for!

nice light touch on the last one andrew, might have bought the lower half in a bit more myself.

Finished early today and knowing that my fave places are going to be rammed this weekend took advantage and had a quiet stroll round ashridge. I met a smashing old boy on one of the paths he said to me, "have you seen the sulphur polypore on the side of the path?" I said No I havent, he says do you know what a sulphur polypore is? Yes I replied, also know as Laetiporus sulphureus. It turns out he is an old engineer, and in is 89th year this weekend, we strolled and chatted about much, the introduction of the touch screen to industry in the 60s, fungi, trees and mountaineering. Lovely guy with a lot to say, and paid me a great compliment as we parted, which means something of a man of his standing. A lot of people havent the time to slow down and talk and walk with an old man, but he was a fascinating chap, so much knowledge and so many things to say. He says he tries to manage five miles a day, but struggles these days, reckon he was doing swell, and hope I am the same at his age. I never asked his name, nor he mine, but I guess it wasnt important, we just enjoyed the woodland together or an hour or two:001_cool: Ashridge is a wonderful place, spent days walking here many hundreds if not thousands of hours now, always finding new things. The last image is of an ash I shot over a number of years, one year the base was covered in A. mellea, but survived for several years, this year, well....

the Oak and beech have the highest fungal biodiversity.

I wish I had said nowt!

I will make a prediction that there will now follow a dcrease in fruiting bodies on this tree from here in. it has been building up for many years, the last two fantastic to witness. This year it has erupted from many places all over the log, I will stick by my assesment hunch and let time prove my intuitions validity:001_smile:

I have never known Laetiporus sulphureus to be in such abundance as it is this year. I suspect all the rain then followed by hot weather at the right time has been a major part of that. I have even seen Laeti panic fruiting from a long fallen Prunus avium this year, it has fruited many times from the Cherry tree that failed due to diminishing T/R ratio from this saprophytic heart rotter. Now the logs decay is largely complete and it is disintegrating hence I believe the Laetiporus is in desperate need of a new host. A most beautiful fungi, always a joy to see.