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  1. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    To run a sensible business as a two man band you got be be bringing in 600 quid a day, inclusive.
  2. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    has stella got any trees left! ive been there twice, thier managment co must change the contractor each time! Is the old girl still the house keeper? she was a right laugh!
  3. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    There could be any number of factors involved, without seeing it, even photos, its nigh on impossible, we would be shooting in the dark at a miryad of possabilities.
  4. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    i think monkey is refering to the stump idea, ie down to a stump, which could house the stags! do I asume correct david?
  5. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    You doubt away monkey, I dont mind when people force me to check my facts! My reference Jordans, and its bang on, mine being a young forming bracket clump. Hope these photos clear the spine etc issues for you!
  6. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    biggus twattus from the ganoderma idiota phylum! Felugio setica Rhytissma acerinum grubs in Hispidus bracket Old Trametes gibbosa brackets
  7. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    Lycoperdon perlatum (common puffball) Trametes hirsutum (hairy bracket) Fommes fomentarius (tinder bracket, southern bracket, horses hoof fungus) Trametes versicolour (coriolus versicour, turkey tail) note blue tones a feature of this species. Auricularia mesenterica, One for the guy with the signed copy of principles!
  8. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    Phlebia merismoides Rigidiporus ulmarius (on populus) Stereum subtomentosum chondestrum purpureum Tremella mesenterica (note a parasite on Peniophora quercina, purple patch top right) distinguishing this from tremella aurantia
  9. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    Ive always wanted to try something along those lines! very very nice job fella, well impressed. is it going to be clipped regular to maintain the green dome effect? or just keep twisting the new growth into the structure?
  10. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    Hes right too! Its a case of need to know, if symptoms are telling you theres something suspect going on then what choices do we have? There is no other tool better for investigation than the Core method, with which you can test residual strengths of wood. If there was better way we would all of heard of it by now! There are times when drilling is unadvisable, with g. australe for instance, but given this fungis aggressive strategy its usualy chips for the tree anyway, and certainly in a high risk zone. though heavy reductions might be a viable option, if only in the short term.
  11. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    Now this one is especialy for Monkey and his biologist friends! Creolophus cirrhatus on Fagus sylvatica Simply awsome
  12. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    Exidia glandulosa The stump puff ball hericium coralloides (im so happy!) Pholiota aurivella
  13. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    just throw a regular couple of hanfulls of sand on it silver sand preferably and let the feet do the grinding.
  14. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    and heres some of the Burnham beeches trees i was talking about.
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    I have always wondered what we can do about the rigidity of bracing systems, this spec by JFL is insipred and I will be looking at ways to use/create this. very nice http://www.flac.uk.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Compound-bracing.pdf
  18. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    Nice Fommes
  19. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    Best I can do, closet based purley on photographic evidance supplied Phlebia cornea.
  20. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    you cheeky sod! right guantlet huh back in a mo!
  21. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    youll find at the early stage of formation they are a uniform colour with the flesh, only turning gradualy turning that velvety brown as they mature. the mould in the background I would not like to guess at, not done enough work on them yet.
  22. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    cool, will be interesting to see what fungi come up on the dysfunctional parts later, keep us posted! I know, I know, i am soooooo sad!
  23. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    Flamulina velutipes, alllllllll day long! tony wins! ha ha ha!
  24. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    Beech 300 years oak up to a thousand sycamore in woodland not so sure but probably right though in open field situations they last a great deal longer, theres a pair of corkers, one in a field in wales and another on adrians wall.
  25. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    I have read a lot of work on this subject, and I am happy that my knowledge of decay fungi will help me evaluate wether it is too risky to drill or within acceptable perameters. I also think i have an idea how we might prevent this spread, but thats a research project that I cant do just yet. Sshwarze and Mattheck have both written pieces on this issue, I will try and find an internet source or link and post them here.

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