Tony Croft aka hamadryad

bjerkandera adusta/trametes versicolour

that wa sin no way due to meripilus, not one iota, it was infected at the instalment of the curbing, and restricted due to same, the root plate is shear force and restricticted root development to one side and i could give you DOZENS of top consultants that would argue the same.

Im actualy quite surprised by this staunch viewpoint Jesse, but it is as with all tree matters a matter of opinion.

on the contrary, its been canopy managed before, nothing more needed most likely (subject to survey)

but an awesome one!

I would love to see a direct reference to the Lonsdale statement you mention, and one can be certain Dr. Lonsdale's opinions have moved on since he published principles of hazard assessment some 14-15 years ago. I am sure he would express extreme caution and thorough investigation in all meripilus cases where retention is desired. Meripilus can be adapted to for some time like all fungi, but we have to remember that it is one of the few that possess pectinase in their enzymatic armoury. Pectinase enables access to the middle lamella, a feature of parasitic/pathogenic fungi. Matthecks description of the mode of decay is very good, talking about the shear killing roots which are degraded by this fungi and key in the failure mode of old beeches, the shallow root plate that forms as a result of long term colonisation/ losing its shear root ball anchorage.

One of the more run down places im looking into is 3km from the danube and a short walk to the famous water lilly park, when im all set up, get your rods dusted and come over for a cheap holiday! Adventure... man this place is wild, seen hunting parties everywhere, its saturday, hunting day, its a village tradition:001_cool: Obviously I will be getting involved! and if you like the antlers, check out this lamp, im going to make one for my stone house! cant find the image right now but i will:thumbup1:

the older darkened fruit bodies should have told otherwise Jesse:thumbup1: and in my personal experience ive not found rigidoporus on oak but have perenniporia on three separate occasions once on sessile 2x on robur

Well adding another country to my tours! Im in Bulgaria at th moment looking for a house, found a cracker today, river running through full of wels, pike etc, plenty of woodland, Walnut, sessile Oak a variety of ash I dont recognise, very few beeches in the region, lots of white mulberries grown for silk production and poplars pollarded all over the place. Heres one with an exquisite carving, on the path to one of our viewings:001_cool: Oh, and last night I had a dish of Boletus edulis! and it was awesome:thumbup:

Indeed, some trees under some conditions may well outpace the Ganoderma sp in very much a species specific way, Oak for example in Southeast england and even wales I know cope well with Ganoderma australe and applanatum, less well with G. resinaceum however. I will see if I can get a freind to allow me to share the finest example of the Oaks interaction with the two former ganos, a remarkable adaption.

buckle not always associated with decay, but looks like hawthorn, maybe brown rotted by laetiporus a very common scenario

Thats quite a compliment there Jesse:blushing: Sadly of late I've just about given up so think I really don't deserve any recognition, reserve it for lifetime efforts. Ive got a big personal plan in action at the moment, a bigger ambition even than my previous goal of a unique piece of research. Im going to Bulgaria on thursday to view properties where I can be as self sufficient as possible, pollards and grazing, restoring a dying lifestyle in one of the places its disappearing from last. So recent is the decay of this lifestyle the rural properties that are now being abandoned are still set up just a little overgrown and uncared for. I am very much looking forward to simple way of life in an almost unspoilt and pristine habitat, a whole new ecosystem to learn about and discover, where my skills will actually help hold on to a way of life that has basically been lost to a corporate lobbyist agenda. Moving to such a poor country will see me having the time and the resources to truly get to grips with tree ecosystems. Its all well and good talking about all these things but sometimes you just have to walk the walk and set the example!

I used the telescopic hedge combo for ages never wore a cable out but then I never used it blunt, never let the grease run dry and never forced it to cut beyond 50% of its normal capacity on a single pole. pushing the limit on these is o.k as long as you don't take the michael and TLC the hell out of it after!

I am nothing more than a skilled labourer, sure ive got a bunch of tickets and CPD coming out of my eyeballs, but I am not "qualified" therefore cant be "professional" and the fact remains,as others have said it takes very little to learn how to cut bits off trees, so little that I know several trained chimps that do it, least I think they are chimps, they certainly drag their knuckles on the ground! lol I think the question is are YOU a professional at what YOU do and how you do it? Do you enjoy going to work, looking forward to the tasks ahead, will you also put your full effort into that task with dedication and be willing to increase your understanding just a little bit everyday? if the answer is yes, then I think its fair to say YOU are a proffesional

not the best way apparently, in fact thats how the peasants got theirs AFTER the chiefs had got theirs the PROPER way:biggrin:

It affects the water, the most essential of all things, trees my dear boy, trees consume large quantities:001_rolleyes:

indeed, rollrims, both saprotrophic and mycorrhizal generalists

Whats everyones views on Fracking?

looks like a vetranizing cut that ripped back, or was it a do as you likey cut? hard to tell who the rouges are these days!

yep:biggrin:

are we still demonising the most common and ubiquitous fungi? maintain healthy growing conditions and your remaining trees will not succumb. Armillatox will kill all beneficials too, and leave a competition free zone ready for pathogens to colonise rapidly once the armillatox has washed away. That will happen quickly with all this rain!

Harmless no doubt. looks like a lactarius SP, does it exude white sap when you break the gills?

ambrosia, not as yet but plucking the courage:biggrin: the mood swings is a typical Gemini twin persona! and being slighty well.... bonkers:lol: