Tony Croft aka hamadryad

I KNOW for a certainty that none of those people you quote would rather see a tree felled than reduced well(as opposed to badly/pollard is another option lets not get involved) It is this very narrow minded approach that results in many fine trees being removed from the urban landscape and replaced with (if we are lucky) small trees that wont survive in most cases. I am afraid I cannot share your view, nor anyone elses who thinks that this is the wrong approach, or rather that whenever humans have a conflict with trees we should fell them and replace that big old beech with an ornamental cherry! Your post has just made me realise/reminded me how desperately needed a shift in thinking is needed. If felling is to become or has become an accepted method of dealing with the conflicts then its time i started making a fuss and shouting the odds. Trees do not mind being pruned well, the are shedding organisms, no they do not heal they seal, but if we are to be told that small pruning wounds are such an evil I will tell you now anyone believing that has never really empathised or appreciated the full growth cycle and ecology of trees. and certainly has no power or influence over my thinking, no, youll just have to try harder.

that made me chuckle!

applanatum IMO with K deusta in attendence

pleurotus sp alongside flamulina velutipes in fork of birch flamulina velutipes pluerotus sp top and flamulina at bottom daldinia conentrica Ash or chestnut or maple? T versicolour

by mycotoxins I presume this is produe by the fungi in order to supres growth of competing mycos? as I understand it oudemansiella mucida has similar properties, that have been copied to produce a anti fungal crop spray/dusting?

good info as always Gerrit,

a few trees clustered, this one was dead, hence the entiridiums i guess, lot of E. lycoperdon about at the moment

yes along side I.radiatus:thumbup1:

a few bits from today- think ive finaly sorted my location for I. radiatus too:001_cool:

yeah you got one?

100% on the willow, were talking about the one on the oak Gerrit:thumbup1: did label the willow one as australe (southern bracket)

ha ha ha, im with you sloth! I guess we will have to go train and do the review thread ourselves!

no dont hide your ladders, just tell that bunch of eejits to shut it!

I would guess lipsiense, but no where near enough to go on yet

just moss Gerrit:thumbup1:

well shes a pretty bird!

good man for giving an old battery hen a good home, she looks right dandy now:thumbup1:

good shout Gollum, really really good shout!

I couldnt agree more, i just showed my bro too and he says they are awesome! how did you get the image so large on the A.T screen? hat resolution pixel rate?

how so? three way krabs?

erm, not being funny but have they not atken acount of Magpies, woodpeckers, and squirells too? they all eat chicks/eggs! and like cavities!

same as that, and i noted that sentiment on the willow too. we need more of this standard of approach and quality being presented, the more showing what can be achieved the more the rest will be shown for what it is.

thats a four day weekend, where and when?

not garaunteed, but im 99%