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  1. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    Where I have found Ganoderma resinaceum in close association with another white rotter I have found very thick and durable psuedosclerotial plating of a brown colouration. I suspect they will do similar, though maybe the brown plate will be black, maybe the brown plating is Inonotus as apposed to the Gano, but I think it is the ganos producing the plate. plates are created by fungi for two reasons, to conserve conditions, like like Kretz conserving moisture (it is a soft rotter after all, they evolved from water) or like the Armillaria sp, using a psuedosclerotial coating over their mycelium to move about the woodland in a protective sheath
  2. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    Thats tragic, and such a high figure in such a short space of time, not heard of anything like it not even close.
  3. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    Non heartwood oaks dont cope with white rots.
  4. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    This tree originally shot features in the new veteran and ancient tree management guidance book, as I found out at the weekend, it has since failed in a dramatic fashion!
  5. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    Here we have a beech tree from much earlier in the thread, on with twin stem and included union. I had been observing for some years, it was approaching T/r failure ratios 70% hollow and I knew that it was just a question time.
  6. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    I've learned to take shots of the features, the fungi and the tree as a whole in its context when shooting fungi, over the years it can give a great depth to the story. Thats a lovely internal cavity shot Matty:001_cool:
  7. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    not at all, all questions are valid, at least your prepared to stick your neck out and ask, most dont.
  8. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    Pretty much, though Bottle butt tends to be more gradual than this more extreme buckling, here we have a horizontal line marking the point of localised failure as opposed to the more gradual swelling of bottling. Bottle butt can simply be compensation for cavities, unlike this which is a failure and repair
  9. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    Oak, pedunculate. Pedestal deformation= low buckling round entire circumference. Cause, selective delignification/cavitation, via mainly G. australe with I. dryadeus also present. Oaks at least our native white Oaks, robur/petrea are highly resistant to This Ganoderma, living for extended periods if not indefinitely with it albeit in some very disrupted/adapted forms.
  10. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    nice fell Tom
  11. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    I had a jumper ripped off my back with a Gibbs, scary as hell
  12. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    Old gibbs was the same, you must be a puppy:biggrin:
  13. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    lime beech or as suggested sycamore, my father made a chopping board from Liriodendron and we are all alive!
  14. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    A few bits and bobs from this afternoons stroll about in 3 sites on my patch.
  15. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    Funny you should say that, Im going to ask Jill to send me a veteran tree leaflet series for that exact reason. Trouble is I have a feeling I know the consultant on watch and i will have to consider my words wisely to avoid making it awkward:thumbdown:
  16. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    not at all, was just thinking thats a fine pride of india:thumbup1: question is whos ging to point out the tree thats not really flowers, and instead is bracts! MR HUMPHRIES! You know I loves a good wind up.
  17. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    Sounds like a busmans holiday! sort of tree i get my kicks on
  18. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    £500.00 for a 4ft diameter pop over obstacles? You will be a great subby!
  19. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    This is NOT how to prune a veteran ash with Hispidus! AMATEURS, wouldnt mind, but this isnt some back garden lop and top by a do as you likey gang. It is a very old massive ash in the grounds of one of the most expensive golf courses/hotels in our fair land and has been monitored annually. I am not going to say where it is so dont ask, aint my style. Suffice to say that is NOT how it is done and this has been proven by the fact that this season the hipspidus has gone into overdrive fruiting the biggest and most numerous brackets ive ever seen, and Ive seen an awful lot. Its a very much loved tree on my watch, I am gutted. A beech with G. pfeifferi has also been monolithed, I saw the Pfeifferis and thought ooooh theyve grown a bit this year, then looked up to see the top gone!
  20. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    cowboy
  21. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    Hello Forest, Im doing well thanks, I see your face in the images david posted! That 15 year old lads a legend for that find! I agree about the micro climate bit, Ive found it at windsor just as you described also mummified as you described albeit very bored into by entomological thingies. I dont believe it is limited to exposed heart wood, and think it actually likes it when the oak dies and has opportunity to consume the layers of sapwood, which makes the bark fall of leaving a very particular stain. I also think it may be a slow grower as the fruit bodies do take time to develop, as can podocypha in my experience. Im curious what the largest fruit body discoverd to date is also as I think most that I find are small for the species
  22. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    this particular area is a deer hiding spot, lots and lots of damge hoof and chew! Its a wicked spot though, few get in there
  23. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    A powerfull little dude the resinaceum, look forward to your conclusions.
  24. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    nice walk round ashridge this evening:001_cool:
  25. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    thats what I was going to say, bet that sold for a fortune

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