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  1. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    well that woundwood is just the last uninterrupted vascular pathway, it may look like wound wood but its just growing, unlike the dead (necroses) beside it which also is a bark "sink" indicating intense degradation behind and cavitation in progress to become an open cavity IF the tree survives potential failure and can maintain enough function and more importantly fluid within those last active uninterrupted vascular pathways. the evidence for the depleted resources are the bark sink, its there in the body language, VTA
  2. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    in pic two there is an area of what appears like brown rot, I suspect this is a type of soft rot which in beech is known to me only so far from Inonotus cuticularis, Hispidus has a similar alternative decay mode, besides its more often white simultaneous decay. Schwarze say its a mode of decay that enables Hispidus to by pass reaction zones while te tree is dormant. ( fungal strategies of wood decay)
  3. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    good stab if you ask me:thumbup1: but I will guide a little on the panicky thing as you mention it twice above, Its not that common for a larger basidiomycetes fungi to produce an anamorphic fruitbody, in panic or otherwise, there presence helps guide, and is indeed a cause to seriously investigate, as is all decay. However to form a fruitbody propper a sexualy compatible mycelium must be found, also their lack of presence may be for many reasons, them not being there is not a reason to make assumptions simply because of their lack of presence. I too suspect Gano. This is a preferentially de lignifying fungi, thats why its soft and stringy, Ganoderma Sp, and many others but Gano I suspect here. Ductile failure, selective delignification, less lignin more cellulose remains, like soggy hosepipes.
  4. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    A photosynthetic layer (green) under the bark is normal, and phloem is white mostly, why the confusion? as for the tension/torsion theory I am surprised you are having difficulty seeing it Guy, this is a text book case, the tree form, and context, everything about it. You did pay attention, your on all the right lines and your intuition is leading you the right way:thumbup1: retrenchment would need careful thought in this case, think of Halo too
  5. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    1st shot barn door partial failure two and three bark delaminations (smooth effect) due to overly extended limbs
  6. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    see you there....im there for both days....you?
  7. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    that assumption is shared by many of us, I certainly until proven therwise go with that reason.
  8. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    when you look at things from one perspective it is all to easy to see a bright side, ask the bat and owl enthusiasts what the loss of ash will mean and it will be catastrophic. Ash are early veterans, hollow frequently, and IME contain a very significant proportion of hollow tree habitat in the u.k. If the ash forest I saw on sunday was in its current state because of Chalara I dread to imagine what this season will unviel.
  9. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    there is some very interesting Japanese research on the same subject, all to do with chemical and filtered light in forests and their effects on disspositions, will try to find it when I get a mo:thumbup1: only silly in that for me to miss an ATF event the zombie apocalypse would have to have occurred overnight!
  10. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    never that advanced, even pure lignin burns!
  11. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    sloth is correct, but it is advanced!
  12. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    hinting at something old dear?
  13. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    you do realise thats a silly question dont you! check this out, I loves it i do:thumbup1: TREE HUGGING NOW SCIENTIFICALLY VALIDATED! Tree Hugging Now Scientifically Validated - Uplift
  14. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    image four and six, blatant, exudates brownish not blackish, and flaking bark, seen that secondary issue on beech more times than youve had hot dinners me old mucka:biggrin:
  15. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    the LX 5 has awesome macro capacity, thats my main objective too:thumbup1:
  16. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    austria three is my seat of choice too, and for the last 7 years, a great harness, especialy with the added seat option for those longer climbs and sits:thumbup1:
  17. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    what ya gettting? need a new one meself, another Lumix lx5:thumbup1:
  18. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    thats one for the diary then, I will make sure we time it for the Hispidus and other warm loving fungi, with any luck if we time it just right we will get the period when the autumn and summer fruiters overlap, then we will have an epic trip:thumbup1:
  19. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    co dom stems origionating fairly close to gano colonisation ALWAYS need very careful consideration! No lightning IMO, bit of A. mellea there though, secondary, tree needs some help for sure.
  20. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    You can tag along with me anytime you like, im always around and about for woodland walks:thumbup1:
  21. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    The fungi is obvious isnt it! as for the girdling roots thread, havent even looked at it, thats Guy (treeseers) pet subject and steering well away as I think......
  22. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    give you the guided tour if you like, I know the trees and fungi they host like brothers:001_cool:
  23. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    Make a day of it and make sure you get over the far side where the veteran ash trees are, and if your lucky you might see Lentinus tigrinus fruiting on a semi submerged Oak stump opposite bank to the cafe:thumbup1: august late july should see lots of nice hispidus brackets to shoot too:thumbup1:
  24. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    heres a good bank tree
  25. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    Mattheck covers this, seek out VTA and compression roots:thumbup1:

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