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  1. David Humphries
    Sitting having a jar earlier today and pondered on how many pubs with a tree name had 'the' tree associated with its name still in existence This is the Walnut Tree in Worlington, Suffolk. Not entirely sure if the tree in the attached images is the original one which gave rise to its name, but it possibly is. Interestingly the owner told me the pub used to be called The Chequers in its past. Any of you guys drink in pubs named after that old tree in the pub garden? .
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    Variegation looks like. .
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    Onwards and upwards mate .
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    Well ain't that kinda just given it away .
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    Fantastic detail Tommy, that's inspiring for sure .
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    Photo montage of a Horse chestnut removal colonised with Kretzschmaria New guy on the team got some good harness time in. .
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    The South East Branch of the Arb Association are running the following workshop, thought this may be of interest to some..... An Introduction to Fungi - a Workshop for Arborists Presented by Lisa Sanderson and John Harraway Saturday 14th November 2015 at: Wakehurst Place, Ardingly, Haywards Heath, West Sussex https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/an-introduction-to-fungi-a-workshop-for-arborists-tickets-17993974462 . .
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    Powdery mildew Old thread on it here......http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/tree-health-care/47772-powdery-mildew.html .
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    Ha, good one .
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    That'd be good reduction contract to be involved in. You been spreading spore about Bourney !?! Lol .
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    Cheers Paul, All good thanks. Looking forward to a bit of quality family time over the summer, you too I hope? .
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    Any update available Paul? .
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    Also starting to note a lot of Inonotus hispidus on ash now. .
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    Yep, dryads saddle. Seems be a lot of it fruiting all over the place. .
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    Any internal decay detection/evaluation carried out? What's the canopy like? .
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    Once in 1995 I think, and then once again in 2002, both times ended with me feeling fairly happy with the fact that I've got a job that just pays me handsomely to turn up for a few hours and pretend to do a bit of tree work now and then Bless .
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    I agree .
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    Ok, just interested as I was talking with them a few weeks ago regarding the reporting interface. I believe the app isn't supported anymore (since 2013) due to funding issues, they now want people to use the online form. Bit of a shame really, cause I would of thought the easier it is to report tree disease the more likely people would be to interact with it. https://treealert.forestry.gov.uk .
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    Were the reports sent in by using the tree alert app Gary ? .
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    Although when the Igland's done with it, it'll be more a case of large leaning pollard. .
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    Didn't get any further. A few tatty leaves in north London don't amount to a hill of beans when it comes to priority at Forest Research, they are somewhat otherwise engaged surfing the tidal wave of iggly wigglies coming at them. .
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    Reckon that's a good call in terms of surrounding wind load, I've witnessed a number of trees that have become isolated due to neighbouring trees removed that have lost branches or even become wind blown entirely. I'd offer up Pholiota aurivella as a potential for the upper stem decay. Its an annual fruitbody which could account for missing any fruiting. It will colonise the trunk and scaffolds over a fair distance like in the attached image Pholiota aurivella - Golden scalycap - David Humphries’s Fungi Directory - Arbtalk.co.uk | Discussion Forum for Arborists Interesting as to the degree of void down the length of trunk in terms of where the decayed debris has all gone? The base looks fairly solid, were there any large cavities toward the base where it could have fallen out from? .
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    here's one from over the past weekend......may have been compromised by fracture in the St Jude's storm 2 years ago and succumbed to the weight of the torrential rain .
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    Interesting Andrew. Do you know what time of day it occurred, and do you know what the weather was like at the time of failure? Cheers David .
  25. David Humphries
    Lime tree with significant levels of feeding on the undersides of the leaves. In the absence of any culprits at the table I think this may be Caliroa annulipes (Slug Sawfly) usualy associated with quercus but known to have a taste for tilia also. .

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