armybloke

Nice find. I found this oak 'heartwood' 2 years ago. I managed 4 slices from it about quarter inch thick each one. Been above my fireplace ever since and this thread reminded me of the day I found it! Maybe we should've started a thread 'what's your best heartwood picture?'

Oh bother, I did not think to check....learning though, so thank you for the help.

Gerrit, yes I will remember for next time. 1st pic found under Ash, 2nd and 3rd pic on H Chestnut and 4th pic on Prunus Sp. That any help? Marco

A few finds from today whilst out at a watercress farm....

I found this lime in Parham Park and took a sequence of photos that hopefully will tell the story of its death. I am open to suggestions of course. The cavity within the trunk started as a branch wound quite high in to the tree. Polyporus squamosus taking hold in the first instance. Armillaria sp is present throughout the cavity with the very obvious 'boot laces' covering a considerable surface area. I am surmising that this made it eventually fall over. P. Squamosus was evident from root to cavity top in whorls of fungal fruiting bodies and these must have been there for some time before the tree finally fell over as they are of a good size. They are evident throughout the cavity remaining within the plane that they grew. Some smaller FFBs appeared after it had fallen too as these are growing on a different plane. A Ganoderma sp then took over after it fell as these are evident on the plane that the tree fell over. Sulphur tuft grows outside the tree now and a large unidentifiable FFB lay on the floor at the base. I should imagine kicked off as this is a lovely children's 'play-tree'. PS I am sorry for some of the picture quality - Nokias for you !

I went for a mini-break to Sussex this weekend and found a gem in the landscape. Parham House, Gardens and Park is FULL to the brim with fungi and veteran trees. The girth on some of the Oaks, Ash and Horse Chestnut like I have never experienced before. Here is a quick link to the location and house Location - Parham House and Gardens Highly recommend a visit and I can assure you that a day is not long enough....enjoy the pics :thumbup1:

Hi Tony and Gerrit, I too have a picture similar to that. The Beech in the foreground was felled (due to proximity to housing, road and security hut) due to the signs of the Meripilus. The tree in the background had no previous visible signs of FFBs until the front one was felled. Is this a panic reaction or am I looking too deep and this is natural progression for the fungi? :confused1:

A newly discovered fungi that lives underwater BBC Nature - In Pictures: Top ten new species Cool as beans

Thank you Gerrit, you are trying to get her to spend my money on microscopes and stuff like that aren't you Tree those were sat under were oaks. I will try to teach her to take pictures of the right bit - gills, stalk etc first. The techy stuff will come later. I am unsure if she does this for me or if she 'really' wants to know it all just yet - she is only 6! However, she sits with me while I scroll through ARBTALK and I hear the wows and oooohs as we look at the pictures - all good stuff in my book - she could turn out to be the new 'Gerrit' so look out!!

Carrying on the theme from my 6 year old daughter - these are her latest. She has enrolled on a digital camera course as an after-school club so I hope these pics will get better in time. Oh and that's her climbing 15m up a climbing wall at the weekend!!

The French have a way with trees that is difficult to explain but I think imaginative and experimental is adequate here. A Silver Birch hedge no less! It shows that you can play around with birch successfully...

Went out with my 6 year old daughter last night for a fungi foray and these are her pictures taken on my phone - nice work especially as she is at a lower level and can see things I very often miss

No way of identifying the stump Gerrit as all evidence has long gone. Thank you for the info as always

Just driving back to work and spotted this stump by someones garden. It must have a bout 20 individual brackets popping out of it. Looks lovely! I am sorry about the picture quality as I had to take them on my poxy little Nokia

Felling licence consideration. Conservation area/TPOs. Don't forget the legal side of things in you plan.......

The leaf margins look different, but difficult to tell - toothed on the Trifid wavy on your specimen? If they are the same I think you've probably found the match

I know this sounds a bit anal but soil type will hinder or help growth too so please consider that in your planning. I agree with above Alder/Willow. Poplar and Birch is also tollerant of a wide range of soils from acidic to alkaline and is a pioneer species. Regen will be easy too! Can't comment on suitability for fiewood though sorry

28th - see you there?

Gerrit there were/are Beech nearby...is that of any help Hama/Gerrit?

Chelsea FC since 1969! Follow Plymouth Argyle too - my home town (looking grim - could be dropping out of the league this season)

A few more pics from Alice Holt

A few finds from today. Notable find being the Coral Fungi under Sweet Chestnut.

Did anyone else join in on the world record 'Tree Hug' attempt?

I bought this for £40 at the Festival of the Tree, Westonbirt. It was unfinished, untreated and not completely seasoned with a big crack appearing. I took it home soaked it in 'bug killer' for woodworm for 3 days, coated it in linseed and went to the boat chandlers and put 4 layers of marine varnish over it. That was 4 years ago and it's still with me, no further cracks and a talking point when friends come around for dinner. That elm is amazing but 6k really? I am in awe but I could never afford it no matter how much I love the natural wood.

or it could be Brugmansia sp.....similar flower and leaf shape