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Tony Croft aka hamadryad

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  1. looks like both species to me, and very extensive decay.

     

    If this trees already had a history of failure and now cleary shows very extensive stem rot there is little to do but the obvious. This beech tree is cleary about to finish its life cycle, but lets not forgetthe other life cycles within that continue or even begin once the tree actualy dies or dies as a result of the failure.

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  2. 8 minutes ago, devon TWiG said:

    Are they very , very posh file handles ??   the last one is a lovely crotch ....I like a nice crotch  ...especially a smooth one !!!!    Nice work , keep it up ... I will be in the shed a lot more soon ( summer is for outdoor stuff )   so will post a few finished pieces soon-ish 

    lol they are top grade wine bottle stoppers!

     

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  3. On 7/29/2017 at 09:28, Dillinger86 said:

    Had a go with my new 36' mill on some walnut today. 390xp pulled quite well but a 3120 may be the way forward. Will paint the ends with Pva and get them stored.

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    Olive ash, nope its walnut! teach me to pay more attention! one of my faves.

     

  4. Obviously been a long time but I will begin putting in some time again, especialy now I am heavily involved in the industry once more. I thought I was going to lead a quiet life but the ethers got bigger ideas!

     

    P. igniarius on Salix-

    I. hispidus on Sophoria (new association for me)-

    P. fraxinea, also on Sophoria again a new association for me.

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  5. On 9/1/2017 at 18:26, nepia said:

    As soon as I see a fruiting body on conifer I think Phaeolus schweinitzii - the Dyer's Mazegill - though that one may be a bit lower on the tree than you might expect; typically they're found a few feet up and higher but not exclusively.  Could there be others higher in the tree?

     

    Take a look in the Fungi Directory; a possibility?

    This is a misleading comment (not having a dig) This is indeed Phaeolus but it is not limited to upper/basal areas, in fact quite the opposite, often fruiting from ground in its typical form, from sub surface roots. P schwienitzii is a heart rot fungus limited only to zones of the tree where heartwood exists and transfered (in low resistant species i.e Larix decidua) by root contact. It can be found from the sub surface roots to the upper scaffolds.

  6. I suspect this fasciation is caused by a bacterium or fungal most likely former, ash are particularly prone as is forsythia. I once saw a foxglove with it and the flower head was a sight to behold! No chemicals need be implicated at all. Perfectly natural, harmless and actualy on flowering species quite stunning at times

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  7. I know nobodies resonded to this one  so I will, its not so important to distinguish the species as the ecology,  its too degraded for any real posatives but one thing is for sure its a harmless saprobe though obviously feeding on dead woody material so thats all thats critical to know in an arb perspective. hope this helps

     

  8. Why dont you highlight the utter nonsense of what constitutes "useable timber" from whose perspective? as a wood turner and artist ican assure you all that is defined by the "industry" as "useable timber" bortes me to  tears! do something on the disconnection between reality and big forestry. theres LOADS of smaller businesses that WANT "low grade lumber"

     

  9. well apart from agreeing withh our forum guru i would just add it certainly isnt a forming ganoderma, and I never see perenniporia fraxinea on Aesculous so by a simpler process of elimination youll be pretty well on track for R. ulmarius.

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