David Humphries

Not such a new name Al, been known as Psuedo for quite a while. Oak can exist and adapt with/to this decay association for many years.........but, it can lead to a wind throw situation as buttresses can become quite thin. i haven't actually seen a Holm oak with this association fail, so haven't got direct experience. How's Guernsey? Never been.

Psuedoinonotus dryadeus Al

Perenniporia fraxinea, white spore print on the ground is the confirmation against Ganoderma, which would be a brown spore print.

More likely to be G. australe

Great watch Reg, love the depth of field, quality, editing & pace of the drone footage. Cool story !

Yep, Ganoderma. Difficult to say which one. Either australe or pfeifferi Bark crack looks like an expansion crack on a adapting buttress. Evidence of reiterating root growth next to the fruitbody, so may be worth considering a reduction to assist stabilising the tree if there is appetite to retain by the owner? If not get it felled.

Armillaria sp, possibly A. mellea Always worth scratching around the soil to look for rhizomorphs if you suspect Armillaria.

Hard (perennial type) or soft (annual type) if the latter I'd suggest Ganoderma resinaceum. Looks like this years fruiting body growing below last years.

Pale tussock moth caterpillar (Calliteara pudibunda) stumbling over Armillaria mellea on this young dead oak.

Could be, hard or soft brackets?

I. hispidus on Oak, really Jules?

Nice to see that one of the old veteran trees that we manage at Hampstead has been nominated for Englands Tree of The Year. The John Keats Mulberry (sits in the grounds of the Poets home where he penned many classic poems and odes such as 'Ode to a Nightingale'). The fragile tree is reclining and supported by brick pillars having gently subsided many years ago but stayed root intact. Each year there is a heavy crop of juicy fat delicious mulberries which attract visitors to sample its wares but this is perhaps the greatest threat to its continuing longevity. We occasionally reduce the canopy to lessen the load on the old branches. Its up against some very fine contenders from across the English treescape. https://campaigns.woodlandtrust.org.uk/page/30353/data/1?supporter.questions.285157=Tree%207 https://www.moruslondinium.org/map/keats-house Bit of culture for the tree cutters, Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch reciting Ode to a Nightingale........

Not enough detail, any shots of the gills, stem or spore colour?

Might just be a natural flush of fruiting from the change of weather from hot prolonged summer to wet cooler autumn. Loads of species of sapro’s and Myco’s fruiting like crazy down here currently. May not be as a direct effect of the fire.

Similar but I would think that is turkey tail https://www.first-nature.com/fungi/coltricia-perennis.php