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  1. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    I started this to help me evaluate my own conclusions on this one, thanks to tony Ive been forced to look at this from another angle not so much what this fungus is, but the condition of the tree before the failure and surge of colonisation.
  2. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    Gravitropic? i think you meant geotropism/gravitational orientation of fruit body formation. no it isnt a geotropic thing. though it does seem to enhance the thread formation, i think this is due to this "stage" which i am convinced is an asexual stage. Photophobic, only in this form IME? and it is a saprobe, though it does have some, empasis on the some, capacity to be parasitic. OOOOOoooo i love it when it gets technical! forces me to up my game!
  3. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    LMAO! With regards to the earlier comment, it is uncertain wether these brackets are applanatum or australe, but I am inclined to go with australe, there is loads of flat footed fly in Whipp woods and these are just too clean.
  4. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    its a lime monkey, and a natural failure, theres g.brackets on it in another photo. i will post a few others of this up if youre interested
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  7. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    Had a great day out today, despite the rain and some snow still on the ground, took a new route and stumbled upon a few amazing trees I never knew where in the woods. been walking here for over a decade too! thought I would share some of the journey with you guys.:thumbup:enjoy
  8. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    Ive never applied for work at bartletts due to reasons i wont go into here, but i would apply if i thought for one minute they actualy valued thier staff? Do staff still have to supply own saws, climbing kit and get paid a daily rate for using said kit? or was this a total load of BS?
  9. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    That oak looks like its been pruned before, and I like others doubt it is having any affect whatsoever on the foundations next door. The connies are a bigger issue, but the biggest issue is the shoddy extension work, but its just so much easier to persue the tree than go back to a biulder who may have followed the rules and done the foundations to spec, but we all know these extensions are never as good as the old build. Id go back to the nieghbours and ask them for a copy of the report and contact details of the surveyor, and start with an inquirey to him over the phone.
  10. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    It aint coccinea. I dont own a scope nor have had this dna tested so it isnt provable, but one day soon i hope I will be able to get all tech with this stuff!
  11. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    Theres plenty to find out there even in the snow melt, got soaked today but it was monumental, with the emphasis on mental! had a realy good day out. dont need a mega bucks camera, most of mine is done on a £150 lumix compact, 12 mega pixels, and it suits me well, even carry it up a tree from time to time, clipped on the back of the harness its well out of the way.
  12. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    It might help if i was to say that this is not a disease or rather wasnt a disease in this beech as aside from the G australe infection it was healthy and was able to deal with the latent invader, induced by the death and failure of the wood, allowing latent propogules to begin their feast!
  13. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    I wont asume this is a little dig at another thread subject! G. australe is an aggresive little monkey, as you know.
  14. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    The tree is on Housing association grounds, the cavity fromation due to limb tear out exposing ripewood and colonisation by Polyporus squamosus. This fungus is probably going to prove fairly problematic on this weak compartmentaliser, not having had a chance to observe a long term infection via this species on chestnut before. The tree is twin stemmed fro ladder hieght and has a weak union, with that and the torsional stresses due to site position and prevailing winds there is evidance of some cracking, maybe enhanced by the cavity extending downwards from the wound infection. one to keep an eye on for sure
  15. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    mmmmm, where did you get that from tony?
  16. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    yes dont make the same mistake i made, it hurts like hell when you lose everything, i still aint over it, five years on! its a dirty dirty world when a mans work gear can be nicked. Even bailifs arent allowed to take your tools! an old law from when tools often cost a man a years salary and more, they also cant take your bed!
  17. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    sounds like they are covering thier arses! no guidlines suggest you HAVE to be tied in during ladder ascent, unless something got applied while i wasnt looking?
  18. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    read the reply sky! i told the guy NOT to leave it ten years, you just love busting my balls!
  19. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    Spotted this cherry a while back, its in a stand of Cherries (prunus avium) they have mostly succumbed to the laetiporus which absolutley love all prunus v, in particular the purple plums like pissardii and aviums. just thought you might enjoy this image, having lost the majority of its lignin the right hand stem has begum to subside and would probably have collapsed had it not leant on its nieghbour for support!
  20. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    Ladder use is not profesional? Your tutors need a kick up the rear!
  21. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    the general populous of reading are just the sort of folk to sue you for tripping over a conker! I do time there for housing, I wouldnt insure that borough!
  22. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    Shrek your not even remotley interested In this so why! its out doors in a wood, a fallen beech, failure due to Ganoderma australe, just wasnt quite enough power in the flash hence the vignetting
  23. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    I wouldnt leave home without one!
  24. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    If anyone gets this right i will be most impressed, these threads like saffron spice are well referenced in major publications so start looking! Its taken me a while to find this one out for myself, and I am interested to see if anyone else has come to the same conclusion as me. not cos I am a smart arse, but i just like to know that others share opinion, or have alternative evidance as to its REAL identity.
  25. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    This was done today, bit of an iffy fork so general reduction of sail area and end loading/wieght. Bring it on!

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