Tony Croft aka hamadryad

thanks, to be honest im getting pretty sick of the negative feedback im getting in here so its appreciated believe me, needed saying too:biggrin:

thats twice in one night, you got an issue with me too? shall i just leave this forum cos im sick of this bol..., having a micheal take is one thing but something tells me ive upset you:confused1:

LOL, thats an idea, start a new religion:lol:

now thats proper funny:lol:

ha, had to reply to that!

the only place class exists is in the minds of strange folk who think they are of some better stock, or those who have an inferiority complex for me, true class is in the way we carry ourselves and the quality of our mindfullness, our ability to be awake and in the moment not distracted by petty one up shi.... im still working on that! Im probably what you might call lower class, a chav, mongrel, peasent, and love it

theres no market for charcoal in the u.k? this is just not true, only 5% of the charcoal used in the u.k is produced here,the rest is imported and mostly from unsustainable sources.

best post in thread:lol: You dont have to have kids to understand , its the fact I know all to well (sisters have 7 girls between the two of them) thats stopped me ever having any! Im sure it is lovely having kids but A) theres too many breeders, and why isnt two enough for petes sake! B) im a selfish git!

I salute that effort:thumbup:

what the hell is that, dont you know colour co-ordination is the name of the game these days!

ha ha ha ha ha ha, now this is getting interesting!

this is going to be interesting, what you up to? been thinking along similar lines for bat roost elevation replacment

The Amazing Fungi

I know hes a Kraut but it claus! and as for stumpsi, thats a goodun! Im just having a poke, not a dig!

nothing never used the method!

spot on:thumbup1:

I was never 100% certain as there was copious amounts of P.ostreatus, armillaria and flamulina all in close proximity, I think these structures are young rhizomorphs of armillaria, under bark and compressed, very fresh obviously

Getting back to your tree, its always hard to tell with limited photographic disclosures of a case, but The Horse chestnut is having a very tough timein the U.K due to psuedomona = the bleeding canker. It kills off strips of cambium in vertical alignments which exposes the woody tissues to heart rotting fungi and bacterias. The pattern is usualy Pluerotus ostreatus followed by flamulina velutipes and often also accompanied by the silverleaf fungus chondrosterum purpureum, at which point managment is difficult to say the least and is usualy a felling but yours may or may not have psuedomona, if it does its early days and may or may not overcome this depending on severity and growing conditions. Limb loss is a high potential as decay progresses through the exposed wood from the strip cankers so any heavy overloaded limbs will be in need of some reduction in the short term managment. here are some images of some of the symptoms and states we can expect in the case of Psuedomona, but as Mr Vine hinte at armillaria is also a high potential culprit, feeled one myself this weekend that was riddled with the mycelium under the bark but no external signs. heres a few to get going,im having trouble finding a few key ones, be back in a bit:thumbup:

there is no confusion Jonny, I am here doing my best, if thats not good enough for you then ....off or just ignore me, there is even a way of ensuring all my posts stop showing up during your viewing. I am well aware I am a pain in the proverbial, I cant help that, ive had a gut full off people like you all my life, you add little but direct provocation and negative personal insults to any discussion, refuse to answer any questions that might validate your opinion (see a debate on inonotus dryadeus) Your opinion of me is water off a ducks back my old mucka, as is whatever anyone else thinks, the few that enjoy my postings and many images are the reason im here, and the likes of you are the reason I get pissed and leave from time to time I know I am an idiot with no papers to his name, but at least for me there is room for progress, with you, your clearly at the top of the game and have nowhere to improve cos your already top tool in the box!

sounds good to me!

was a hard day today but I had spotted a tree in the valley below our work site that had the familiar dense tip growth of Acer campestre AKA the field maple. Nothing unusual you might think in bucks in the chilterns but this tree looked to be as big as a fully mature oak so come lunchtime I found myself feeling the urge for a little Ancient/Veteran tree hunting! I dont know what it is about big old trees and the potential for fungi being hosted but I can be absolutley shattered and suddenly find bags of vroom for a quick bimble when something is screaming "come say hello" at me, I bloody love s it i dos, and I am so glad I did, because not only was this a massive field maple of 2 hugs or 12 feet circumference there was more veteran hedgerow ash trees than you could shake a stick at! I will be going back many times to document the ecologies taking refuge in this little valley, there is so many opportunities for fungi and other wildlife im sure to get some amazing days here. such a cool site, one to get logged for the ancient tree forum too. Enjoy, I certainly did!

My firm wont go out that far but you might try Charles Hey, I do bits and bobs for him and he is a good lad:thumbup1: he is on here as Chzey

the season peaked for flamulina round here weeks if not month or more ago, obviously regions will differ, even from site to site. I wasnt trying to suggest that the gram negative part was anything to do with it being a non fungal entity just added as a extra when I double checked the bacteria as apposed to Diatom like phytopthoras, as for spelling, well cant get anything right where your concerned and that or rather this is the last time youll talk down to me this way without me playing negative a hole too:thumbdown: you make this less than friendly mr edgar, and YOU have the cheek to accuse me of being the bully! lol, your a wally mate, and you aint clever