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  1. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    this one needs making a meal of !
  2. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    a living tree, less than applanate fruitbody as indicated by extended base, aggressive decay of an otherwise healthy tree (in leaf)
  3. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    hi function in the tree, host willow, pronounced ridges in fruit body
  4. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    Ganoderma australe (99%) on what looks like willow, great photos:thumbup1:
  5. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    good question, wood need to advise client for sure. been doing it myself lately, old chip very spore bound getting facefulls! knew it wasnt good to breath the spores and tried to not breath in while shoveling, and have had a tight chest of late just thought i was smoking too much:blushing:
  6. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    pollarding prolongs life, not shortens it, longer useful life longer amenity value. Stag beetles in Plane? all trees have a finite life span in town, they grow up, then in nature they grow down, when they grow down, well they never get the chance in towns! they get felled, but a pollard stands defiant with the most hideous of cavities and bracket fungi abound, high vascular function is maintained via renewal and shorter transport distances, making them more drought tolerant.
  7. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    that Kretz was insignificant to the failure though, had been well and truly boxed in by the Gano:thumbup1:
  8. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    Its going bonkers out there at the moment, going to be an epic year, defo going to have to organise a special day out for those interested, maybe epping in autumn.
  9. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    no kretz at failure point all white delig rot:thumbup1: I would lean more on Australe knowing all this
  10. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    why not, pollarding is a very goodway of managing trees in dense urban zones, I drove through a wonderfull avenue of pollarded limes yesterday.
  11. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    was that tree in full leaf? and whats the white patch under the fruit body shot 1 and 2 is it an extension of the fruitbody?
  12. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    got one 57 inches across:lol:
  13. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    you lot are getting good, thats two correct G idents this week! what lent you that way?
  14. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    sounds good Justin, shall try for saturday, your event might be a good place for me to try my presentation skills next time if your up for me making a fool of meself!
  15. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    now thats a good method, getting on it!
  16. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    good post! 300 per tree is a pro job with a second climber available for roping off and more importantly arial rescue of first climber, they will probably be better off sectioned. it will take longer to cut them up than to get them down, whether sectioned or felled.
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  18. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    planes are bomb proof pollards, they go through a shedding period after 2-3 years then stabilize, knock em back to stubs 2-3 ft long if too many poles close together thin out the thin ones by going back to collor on those, stubbing the bigger poles for a smaller cut and reducing potential for wounds to coalesce together IMO
  19. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    lotof Amanita's by the looks, mostly rubescens
  20. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    I can rule out Applanatum for you with 100% certainty guy, it is Lucidum, or reishi in japan:001_smile:
  21. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    just for those that dont like to ask!
  22. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    whats an inboard step cut?
  23. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    ha ha ha , no, they would be lost!
  24. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    Im with the guys above. and nobody even considered the fact it was split in two, maybe that had an influence on the sectioning!
  25. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    about 2-6 inches square sample from behind fruitbody please dude, we have plans to collect many heart rots:thumbup1: They needing sending as soon after harvest as poss in a plastic bag:001_smile: Prof Lynne Boddy Cardiff School of Biosciences, The Sir Martin Evans Building, Museum Avenue, Cardiff, CF10 3AX

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