Tony Croft aka hamadryad

we seem to have crossed wires bundle, that is why i asked if i was asuming too much, and seriously, WTF is my agenda? i really do have no agenda, i only come here to discuss arb issues with others outside of my small little community of arbs who have no ideas towards progression or new techniques. i simply cant have these conversations in my day to day business and it slows my knowledge and thats intolerable. if i offended you i apologise, i never had such intent, and what is derailed? the agenda i dont have? or the thread, for which i agree!

blimey, this tool has got some anti action! I cant say too much due to having not had the chance to try it yet, but even so, i think its a bit unfair to dismiss the technique due to personal differences. since when could anyone see in the heat differentials? forgive me but i cant see how anyone can claim to see what this camera sees, certainly not without considerable invasive proceedures? Is it the camera or the seller you have problems with? at the moment it seems the latter for some?

When you spend your life ringing stuff up and buying force grown planks from timber merchants you forget just how absolutley gorgeous a bit of wood can be. If I had a staircase made with planks like that i would just sit there drooling over them all day!

Your right in saying that it is only the privelidged that get to work on truly noble old vets and get full on into the myco side of things as a result, I am not one of the privilidged though I do often get asked to work trees of a veteran and old nature in rural locations as well as inner city. My interest in mycology was not spurred from arboriculture, which i find rather ironic! it was my hobby, photography that first drew my atention to the fifth kingdom, it has been a growing passion for over a decade now. the implications and obvious connection to work soon became more than just a tangent or odd observation here and there. I am now so gripped by the mycology bug I doubt my career will involve much else in the not too distant future. I like a challenge, and mycology is indeed a biggun! certain it will give me lots of challenging things to learn and discover for the rest of my natural. However, for you to say that your only interest is from a day to day amenity situation, and not having an appreciation of the purpose of veteranisation and veteran/ancient preservation and creation suprises me. have i mis understood what you implied? And is it REALLY just the u.k that is pushing this arena?

I need to show my boss this thread, he keeps telling me there is no value in having a portable mill for those back garden trees! When you see wood like that it just doesnt make sense for us to keep ringing it up for logs?

O.k IME and IMO phelinus robustus, the robust bracket is probably often just grouped into the ganodermas, diagnosed and treatment no different. it wouldnt be hard to see why, as robustus is very similar in apppearance and lets face it how many arbs would be able to distinguish it from a gano? As has been pointed out work has been lacking on these Phelinus Sp igniarius and robustus etc but certain in a few years as more arbs become more aware more will be recognised, the rarity classification will fall and more information will come forward. do you agree?

sorry bundle, dont know what your saying here? being a numpty i know,

Fungi can often be seen to be rare for two reasons, one being the lack of validated, qualified identifications, the other being that fruit body formation is how records are found, and we all know that fungi are ever present and may not fruit for decades as it requires two spores of differing dna to get together and generate a hyphal coupling and sexual reproduction-fruiting body

think youll find many fungi that were once considered rare might no longer be so considered. I cuticularis, pfiferri, and the phelinus Sp, of which the punctatus is also considered rare all these whilst infrequent, certainly not rare, least not in the south east in my experiance? of course I would have to scientificaly back that statement up with microscopes and macro features for certainty of idents but have no fear, my two scopes will be purchased in may with my re mortgage! whoooopp whiooooop:001_tt2:

Ouuuuch!

sounds good, got to confirm yet, got some lass coming over friday, as long as she has left by sat eve were on!

what about the rest of us, i dont know, keeping us out the loop! can anyone add to Teds theory? is there any further proof or reading on this topic?

robustus conk, Phellinus robustus (Hymenochaetales: Hymenochaetaceae) @ Forestry Images It isnt rare, the fact its listed as a red data species however suggests otherwise, but then G pfifferi is one too? a very variable bracket fungus this one, though its pore surface is often at an angle as apposed to the flat underhangs of the Ganodermas

no i aint! it has to be said myself included arbs are a unique breed!

well worth a look by the sounds! monkey, you must have had a dodgey pair mate? my seals are only just starting to lift?

lol, im not the only staying up late reading full threads then!

thats just awsome!

kent aint too far for a drive, got a grid ref for the site?

That is a very nice bit of forging, apparently the proscess also involved piercing flesh so that the nitrogen in blood super hardened the steel! grim! once the folding and beating was complete they over laid it with a less brittle steel for fracture resistance, hence only the cutting edge of the finest swords have the graining and scallop effect. some samuri swords are priceless i would have enjoyed smithing

where the hell is old wives lees? county? lol argh i think you mean lunge! yes a group syncronised lunge! how about multiple suspended lunges? with at least one bat-hang lunge!

whoops, sorry fella! is there more info on this topic yet?

Dont forget about the polyporus umbellatus, no difference from an implications point of view but positive ident of grifola is not as easy as a walk by! and any record worth loging with the bms Polyporus umbellatus fruits from the ground, near the bases and roots of hardwoods across northern North America. It is apparently fairly rare, and is encountered far less frequently than the somewhat similar Grifola frondosa. The fruiting body consists of many small, smoky brown, roundish caps (as opposed to the larger, fan-shaped and irregular caps of Grifola frondosa); the undersurfaces are white; and the individual branches are fused together into one solid structure. Description: Ecology: Saprobic or parasitic on the roots and wood of hardwoods; causing a white rot; fruiting at the bases of trees; summer and fall; widely distributed in northern North America, southwards to Tennessee and Kansas. Fruiting Body: Cluster 30-50 cm across or more; individual caps 1-4 cm, circular, pale smoky brown or whitish; pore surface white, running down the stems; 2-4 pores per mm; stem branches white, irregular, central to the caps, fusing into one or more larger stem structures; arising from an underground knot of tissue. Flesh: Firm; white. Odor and Taste: Mild. Spore Print: White. Microscopic Features: Spores 7-9.5 x 3-4 µ; smooth; cylindrical. REFERENCES: (Persoon, 1801) Fries, 1821. (Saccardo, 1888; Overholts, 1953; Smith, Smith & Weber, 1981; Arora, 1986; Gilbertson & Ryvarden, 1987; Lincoff, 1992; Barron, 1999; Roody, 2003.) Herb. Kuo 09190301. Grifola umbellata is a synonym.

yep i knew you would have a sample! but you was pre empted! As I said nothing is typical in mycology! darn critters! are we going to elaborate on the worming tablets theory for the interested party monkey? Suffice to say that ted is IMO bang on, the theory being that the urea from livestock containing high levels of anti parasitic substances kills off adn or deters the micro and macro flora within the rizoshpere.

mmmm, interesting, ive seen CAD courses at silly money for a few days training? So what do CAD users recomend for an outright beginer?

Where is this occuring and can any old numpty turn up?