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  1. David Humphries
    we haven't played this for a while, so ..............what fungi am I? .
  2. David Humphries
    These were taken from the inner surface of a hollowed out horse chestnut .
  3. David Humphries
    Is the honeycomb not just saproxylic beetle galleries in the white rotted wood? .
  4. David Humphries
    Blimey that was a stubborn old hanger. What's your thoughts on decay culprits then? Thought I saw melanine plaques on some of the upper surface layers which may indicate Armillaria. Some psuedoscloratial plating within the outer annual rings where you cleaned the with the saw (Kretz perhaps?) and not sure I would rule Polyporus squamosus out either ! No fruiting bodies knocking about the debris? .
  5. David Humphries
    Blimey, that was a mess. How was the rope afterwards? Any decay associated with the failure or just pure wind load? .
  6. David Humphries
    I'm still trying to groom the team to be comfortable with the bondage equipment Matty.............coming to an arb forum video thread soon We put the Euc one up in its own thread and its been watched a fair few times to be honest. http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/video-forum/83519-eucalyputus-removal-time-lapse.html I think that it's simply sometimes down to what time of day things get posted as to how many people get to see it. .
  7. David Humphries
    Thanks for the feedback Arran and glad you find the format watchable. I thi think a mix of both imagery, video and text is the most engaging combo to record a job or specific tree. In this case we had the video on the job but forgot to get it on to one the guys lids. Although the tree is in woodland, its close to a fairly busy fooltpath between two sites. It will be inspected for stability and vigour on an annual basis, with further spec asigned as and when required. The reduction to bring it out of the direct wind load should buy it & us time. .
  8. David Humphries
    I put this recent piece of work onto another thread but it hasn't drawn any interest. Is it uninteresting or is it the format in how I've presented it? Appreciate some thoughts. http://youtu.be/ovOKDHc0SpI.
  9. David Humphries
    Thanks for taking the time to edit and share Rich enjoyed the tune, thought it fitted with the pace of the visuals nicely. Bone looks good and moves smooth. I can see our team moving from the wrench to this in time. We probably wouldn't don't have the dirty rope issue as much as you have Out of interest (I'm sure the spec was to clean out the dead wood entirely on safety grounds) but what's your thoughts on shortening the dead branches and leaving stubs instead of stripping them out? The saproxylics (& the feathery things that feed on them) would forever be in your debt Also that nasty girdling root at the base will probably be a significant issue in the future Nice vid mate .
  10. David Humphries
    Ganoderma Kevin? .
  11. David Humphries
    Tall tripple stemmed beech with compromised included unions. [ame] [/ame].
  12. David Humphries
    I agree .
  13. David Humphries
    It looks to me like the thin tiered brackets are no longer a functioning part of the fungus. The underside pore layer and rim edge would be white if it was still alive and viable. The smaller/plumper bracket looks to have a live pore and rim layer. .
  14. David Humphries
    also signs of the top of the volva under the cap would help with the Id. Here's a couple of images of A. phalloides from earlier this year showing a couple more features that would be helpful to see from the the OP. .
  15. David Humphries
    any shot of the gills? .
  16. David Humphries
    Yes, Ganoderma. I would lean toward G. applanatum/lipsiense as opposed to G. australe/adspersum, but confirmation would need to include microscopy. .
  17. David Humphries
    Excellent, that's a nice touch ! Bravo Arbtalk, and all the members that continue to support the raffle. You sir, should be very proud of all the hard work that goes into this and what it's achieved. Nice one .
  18. David Humphries
    Fine shot Tom. Cold down on the river I bet! What did you anchor on to? .
  19. David Humphries
    Yeah he liked that one for sure. Michal's very efficient with the wrench and HAAS, but now has eyes on the bulldog bone : You getting any ? .
  20. David Humphries
    tidy wee inosculated branch on sycamore...... .
  21. David Humphries
    Cheers Ted, thanks for the feed back. The music was something I had hanging about on the pc & have used before on another vid, I didn't have time to go looking for something specific for this one but felt it would fit the quick image change over fairly well. Stone Roses - I am the Resurrection .
  22. David Humphries
    Hello Kev, your 'substance' is difficult to place a positive Identification on, but my first thoughts would be (based on tree species host) being the very desiccated and soggy remains of Laetiporus sulphureus (chicken of the woods) which produces an annual fruit body between May & September. 'If' it is Laetiporus, then the fungi is a heart rotter which leaves behind a brown type decay of the parts of the tree it is devouring. In terms of how much of a problem it is likely to be, well thats a mine field & difficult to ascertain via the internet. Ideally, I would suggest that you employ a professional Arborist to carry out an aerial inspection of the tree. Ofcourse it may be something entirely different .
  23. David Humphries
    Brought in as a small standard as the centre piece for an annual bedding display and then some bright spark planted it in clay soil next to the property 17 years ago .
  24. David Humphries
    Thanks Mr Pine, pretty straight forward removal but the aesthetics lent themselves to recording it for posterity. Just set a three second delay on the drift still settings. Then deleted the chaff before laying them in the edit with my ground shots on Movie Maker. Think the three seconds work, any longer and it would probably have missed some decent shots.
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