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  1. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    a mixture of bacterial and fungal issues
  2. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    I wasnt being negative, more sarcastic at the reality of the "training" side of life, no one puts their hand in their pocket more on a personal level to learn, see find and do. Its hard to keep funding this stuff
  3. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    lol, you can get a whopping or should I say wholloping amount of REAL work done for fifty grand!
  4. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    popping over to see my Dad today, big up to all the dads wherever they are today
  5. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    If the potential work of a man is to be judged on the cut of his jib we have lost sight of whats important. some of the scruffiest men ive met have been the most professional of men ive met
  6. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    looking to commision a quality carving of a bolete as a birthday present for a friend, budget up to £100 any takers? preferable from Laburnum or acacia though not essential yew or Oak also good burred pippy or barky all good:001_cool:
  7. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    What i mean Tobias is I have to PAY and be told HOW to do a job i am currently more than capable of! so i can get a little bit of paper that says so:biggrin: But if you cant beat them join them!
  8. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    Almost forgot this one too:biggrin: Inonotus obliquos AKA the clinker polypore or medicinally known as Chaga, very very much at home here in the Highlands of Scotland. I think climate is damper but otherwise ecology very similar to mid to north sweden so not a surprise realy. Last image fruiting alongside fomes:001_cool:
  9. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    Leccinum scabrum- The Birch Bolete, a mycorrhizal fungi, and a rather nice example of it at that. Not my first by any chalk but definitely my best one:wink: (and it will only be the best of the best that make this thread!)
  10. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    Panus torolosus- on Birch stump another new species for me confirmed by Liz Holden and Ted Green no less:thumbup1:
  11. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    walk away, the owners clearly feel they know better, and must find out!
  12. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    Found this rather cool fungi on a recent Highland foray, a new species for me and was worth a very very good soaking! Phellinus pini I got 3 records in some lovely Grannie Pines:001_cool:
  13. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    blatant and obvious, I wouldn't have walked away happy with "no ideas mate" some people
  14. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    I guess they aint wood pigeons for nothing then!
  15. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    yes, I hate the fact that I need to be trained to be considered worthy, but needs be, time to get on the bandwagon and do the training
  16. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    street trees are used for sharpening car bumpers, simples
  17. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    I am currently sitting in the Band B in Perth (scotland) I am here for the ATF (Ancient Tree Forum) "Highland Fling" and I am in Love with Scotland, this place is like nowhere on earth, a slice of heaven, why oh why Have i never been in all my 42 years of life in the U.K? I have been to some of britains finest, oldest, most veteran and venerable woods, Wistmans, Burnham, Epping, Hatfield, Staverton (was hard to top) but this little slice of Caledonian Pine forest hit just about every nerve in my body. Big up for scotland, you rock! Here are just a few tasters of a place that is or rather must be, one of gods greatest moments:001_cool:
  18. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    well thats news to me bro! I thought it liked it late september october time?
  19. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    Because no one listens, ive been offering the services on many occasions to do works to trees I love and KNOW are in imminent danger of collapse. I am so angry at the moment regarding this particular tree I am thinking VERY hard bout how to move forward some kind of action plan to prevent any more. I had even considered a Gorilla reduction in the small hours by handsaw, I was that desperate to get the job done right, even had some Gefa aside for it:bawling: The issue is going to be raised and I ain't going to go quietly into the night on it again, they issued a statement that was " No avoidable loss of ancient trees" and Im sorry but it is clearly not changing a thing:thumbdown:
  20. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    I had dreamed of doing the work it needed, would have done it for gratis too, it was inevitable, i AM TRULY GUTTED. I have lost too many old friends like this of late, last couple of years, its getting beyond a joke
  21. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    find a sycamore tree, shake the branches over a white blanket muslim say, then collect the beasties that look like little black grubs (lady bird larvea and pour them on the tree suffering! or soapy water or something I would not recommend but others will!
  22. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    thats a weird time to fruit?
  23. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    valdotain tresse
  24. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    prunus padus, AKA the bird cherry, been butchered and is struggling
  25. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    nice example. my "guess" would be that the decay (maybe polyporus) has caused a shear crack through diminishing t/r ratios (Thickness over Radius) and the fluting is pointy nosed ribs trying hard and probably failing to contain the flaw

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