David Humphries
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That's great imagination ! Thanks for sharing. .
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Fine sets of shots again Chris. Did you consider taking a slice out of the dryadeus to see the flesh, tubes and pore layer? Tree looks to have a fairly substantial lean toward the property, any thoughts to reduction? .
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oak in a tightish spot.... .
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Both sets are Fistulina Chris. .
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Tis the season to see Fungi, fa la la la la....
David Humphries replied to David Humphries's topic in Fungi Pictures
a few discoveries over the last couple of days.... Podocypha multizonata on oak, Ganoderma applanatum on oak, Polyporus squamosus on beech, Amanita rubescens on oak, Flammulina velutipes on beech, (Psuedo)inonotus dryadeus on oak & Ganoderma resinaceum on ash . -
not a species association I've noticed before Paul. tend to find it on mostly oak, beech & hornbeam .
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Yes Paul C. fusipes worth pulling a whole one out to see the stem which tapers narrower toward the base. whitish/cream spore print .
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You are ofcourse quite correct, I would disagree .
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Nice shots Reg, not had the opportunity to experience the big trees, hopefully one day. Interesting to see compromised trees being maintained close to people. Have you put your quote in yet? Thanks for sharing .
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They sure can Guy, certainly in this case. Even considering the excessive reduction, the factor that I find most interesting is how isolated the tree actually is. It stands on top of a hill and has no sizeable neighbours protecting it against the prevailing wind direction. It's withstood a number of significant wind events over those years. Hope you are well .
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Some great images Chris That Laetiporus is a very fine and interesting example. The second set is an old resinaceum bracket not Fistulina. .
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This won't answer your specific question directly but its worth having a look at the examples for tree/land owners in the National Tree Safety Groups 'Common sense risk management of trees' Chapter 3 talks about what the law says and Chapter 5 looks at how the guidance can be applied in terms of different levels of tree/land ownership with regard to responsibilities/duty of care. full document.... http://www.forestry.gov.uk/pdf/FCMS024.pdf/$FILE/FCMS024.pdf abridged version..... http://www.forestry.gov.uk/safetreemanagement .
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It's been a while since I updated this thread (5 years to be precise ) Went and had a look at this tree earlier today. Still standing & going strong 15 + years with the Meripilus colonisation and 11 years since the reduction......... No fruiting currently but I recall that it did last year. .
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You're good with the Fly agaric and Amethyst deceiver and think that without seeing the flesh (and reaction) and top of cap, that the other is probably one of the Boletes. I'd take a punt at B. edulis .
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Hello Sam, yes it is a Hobbs. We've been running it for about 10 years now. Absolutely bomb proof in our experience. .
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Nice finds ! As its your thread Chris, do you want to Id them? .
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good shot, the oak that was taken down is the one in the background. apparently not, looked to have happened before the team arrived. Thought they did well in what is a very tight spot. .
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The fungi on trees field guide mentions that it's "not well recorded" but for context 5 of the 6 shots of the brackets on the resi pages (p27) were taken from trees all within a kilometer of each other at work. Common as muck, so it is .
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That level of dessication has me ........stumped Not sure where your reference for this statement is from Chris but I would say that G.resinaceum isn't that rare at all in England (particularly the south) I have at least 30 trees at work with the association and come across it regularly on oaks, ash, plane, hornbeam and horse chestnut from all over the southeast. Although the UK records doesn't list it as abundant, it may get misidentified with G. lucidum and G. carnosum which are both fairly similar looking species. British Fungi - record details .
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Thanks Will Look forward to seeing those images. .
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Yes, that's the one, well remembered [ame] [/ame] Similar scenario in terms of it demise. The site is a very old oak standard and hornbeam coppice woodland, but the hornbeam are very lapsed and now tower above the oaks for the most part depriving the lower sections of the oaks from light. .
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Hi Jerry, thanks for the comments. the bar mounting is nothing new, it's been done for a while now. Makes a for a very interesting perspective. We've explored the idea on a couple of other bits of kit. [ame] [/ame] .
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Cheers Rich, wasn't on this job myself as I was on leave last week. Looks like the guys coped OK without me though Its been a progressive decline with stem bleeds and saproxylic invertebrate exit holes and a thinning crown. The foliage has recently become chlorotic and sparse and gave up the ghost this year fairly rapidly after spring flush. Although not confirmed, the symptoms have been akin to AOD There is a significant level of compaction on the site which we tried to alleviate with our very own Mr Winger about 6/7 years ago via vertical mulching. the stem is being left as a relatively low monolith. .
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Oak tree which has slowly given up the ghost over the last couple of years. [ame] [/ame] .
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Open Space Arboriculture - Urban tree conservation videos
David Humphries replied to David Humphries's topic in Video forum
Dead playground oak removal..... [ame] [/ame] .
