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  1. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    yep thats the best one out there
  2. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    If the leaf starts looking clorotic and thinning it has to go.
  3. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    Well that explains how such a skinny arb is holding such a whopping great bar! poser! lmao:lol: couple of years in the game and youl "muscle up " lad!
  4. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    i reckon you should be using his gear though!
  5. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    To be honest there are so many people in here ready to "have thier pennies worth" and until ive completed my "scientific training" bought myself a pair of scopes I am not that keen on putting my own theories out there, especialy in light of some posts! and i dont want this thread to get too "battle of wills" its supposed to be an enjoyable thread! G. australe is the new name for G. adspersum, and applanatum the new name for what was called lipsiense. Ganoderma australe is an aggresive one.
  6. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    the prognosis for this one doesnt look good.
  7. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    A mellea lawyers wig Sparasis crispa the cauliflower fungus on Douglas fir An agrocybe Pholiotta squarosa, note lack of velum scales on cap due to heavy rain.
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  9. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    I'm glad others are finnaly geting to enjoy them as much as I have.
  10. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    One of todays jobs, slippery as hell, soaking wet day and Acer platanoides to reduce by 40%, they are not the easiest trees to work with, but i reckon we did O.K all things considered. The last (3rd) image is 100yds away, a reduction done by the contractors who no longer have this particular contract! The spec wasnt mine, the associations men decided they wanted it done for fear of subsidence.
  11. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    For anyone who doesnt know The perotia's form (very decurrant) "the persian ironwood" a very nice tree in the right setting. good reference too Tony!
  12. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    perenniporia fraxinea Daedalea quercina - Oak maze gill close up daedaleopsis confrgosa next 2 images g. australe decay in chestnut (aesculus) note aggresive penetration of barrier zoning (dark lines throughout decayed region)
  13. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    The further away the leaves are to a woody portion the harder it is to secondary thicken, its why over lifting and over thinning are such bad specifications/practices. Its a point well documented and researched, and easily observable in the field too.
  14. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    Collybia fusipes Laetiporus sulpherus grifola frondosa g. applanatum and ustulina duesta
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    Phaeolus Schwienizii Oudemansiella mucida Inonotus dryadeus, close up of "gutation drops" Trametes gibbosa
  16. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    well it is hard to tell from a photo I guess. just looked pretty clean bar the butt decay
  17. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    Final lifting hieght should not be more than one third the the total hieght of the tree, whatever the "details" highway clearance is another matter but it is a general rule of thumb, and of asthetics, any more and the tree becomes less pleasing astheticaly, I.e a third of the total hieght could be a clean trunk with thwo thirrds above foliated, this has visual balance. It also avoids the carbohydrate distrubiton problems.
  18. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    looks as though that chain in your avatar could use a tighten, could skip with it i reckon! LMAO:lol:
  19. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    thud replied on 19/01/2010 at 18:28 e-mail thud You can cut any size tree with any size bar if you are willing to take it apart by hacking chunks off. There are plenty of web resources for cutting down trees, how to deal with hung up trees, how to cut slice one into logs etc. · Reply... Thats frightening!
  20. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    ironicly its more likely after rain, when the microbes get activated by the moisture. Very common the heat is great for steralising the mulch though!
  21. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    that looks like the lesser stag beetle monkey?
  22. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    Thats why i prefer arboricultural services i think it is fair to assume the name Doctor or tree surgeon came about due to the fact we operate and remove limbs!
  23. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    So far it has proved "difficult" to delibratley infect living trees with decay fungi, presumably for research purposes. This is an area of exploration as far as science is concerned as is much of mycology in woodlands. We havent so much as scratched the surface of it yet, not even chinked the subject! Choosing a fungi that can overide is just a question of strength, and numbers. If you read Paul stemets works on labbratory techniques in fungal research you would be put of even trying anything of the sort, the stuff they go through to maintain "clinical" sterile environments to do proper scientific studies is mental. We have the advantage, were in the working environment and dont have to be quite so clinical as a strict researcher.
  24. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    Tis a fantastic image of mellea rizos, still waiting to find "the perfect shot" I will have it one day! I was unaware of the Bio luminesence aspect of armilaria sp, its a common theme in fungi though so not suprising. i asume the "lucifera" term is due to it being a thing of the dark connecting it to the lucifer demon!
  25. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    I think the best examples of the phenomina are sycamores that have been lifted. all the cuts often do coalesce and Polyporus squamosus finds this scenario particulary tasteful.

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