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  1. David Humphries
    have a butchers at the beginning of the thread Paul .
  2. David Humphries
    something a bit different this morning, the lanyard on this flag staff required fixing to get the flag back up. Had to track the mewp in a fair distance and the guys said it was a "bit windy up top", didn't take too long and moved swiftly on to a proper tree job. .
  3. David Humphries
    Re-reducing a ganoderma decayed storm damaged beech today, the guys took the oportunity to axe wound the long bare lateral. Great habitat tree .
  4. David Humphries
    always have an eye open for little sneaky fung lurking amongst the grass possibly Bolbitius vitellinus not uncommon but a delicate wee thing nonetheless .
  5. David Humphries
    Interesting observation regarding Kretzschmaria being a possible influence. around my patch I've often noticed the opposite, where Kretz is concerned. I've witnessed heavily infected Sycamores which have very good vascular health with normal sized leaves and little discernable die back. It may well be that the trees that I refer to could have a healthier rooting environment. May be prudent to keep an open mind as to there being more than one culprit associated with this decline, it could be a complex involving multiple agents. .
  6. David Humphries
    Interesting set of shots, thanks for taking the time to take & post. Have you considered sending samples of to Alice Holt? .
  7. David Humphries
    an update if anyone's interested..... Horticulture Week are reporting that Owen Patterson (Defra secretary of state) as stating that "Kew must manage its own affairs" and has ruled out giving emergency payment to bale them out. According to Defra the government already spends on average 27 million per annum helping to fund the botanic garden and does not want to open the door to other agencies asking for more budget. The 125 jobs identified for redundancy will remain at risk unless Kew themselves finds a solution. On a different note, but reported in the same article, Mr Patterson has said that he will look at stopping internet sales (by landscapers, garden designers etc...) of trees like Ash, Plane and Sweet Chestnut from being imported to try and block the current loophole in importation (where there is a ban on nurserys importing those species) due to bio security concerns. .
  8. David Humphries
    I get it, good one. Wonder if they are fungoogle-glasses .
  9. David Humphries
    I expect you'd get the odd fen type emerging from the woods .
  10. David Humphries
    Cool update Dan, will be interested in what you find. take a blanket, it may be a long cold night .
  11. David Humphries
    fine images Dan, like the last one Don't think I've come across that one before. I always find the little critters never pose properly for a stock shot .
  12. David Humphries
    Perhaps this may depend on whether the hypothetical tree is whole or segmented ? If 25% of the encroaching tree was 'autonomous' from its original whole, then it could be debated that the 25% (root, butress, trunk portion, part canopy) is a singular asset of its adopted owner .
  13. David Humphries
    I would imagine its Possibly the silk nests of the caterpillars of the Ermine moth What species is the food source? .
  14. David Humphries
    Good shots, we've got a declining white willow coming down today that has had DMF's in association with its dysfunctional buttresses for a number of years. .
  15. David Humphries
    Thanks, always interested in hearing where there are wild service trees There's a great collection of Sorbus at the national trust's Winkworth arboretum near Godalming. We donated a few torminalis saplings to them last year. .
  16. David Humphries
    Hi What type of location is the Sorbus torminalis in? Thanks David
  17. David Humphries
    C gambosa is also known as St George's mushroom as it's usually found growing around St George's day (April 23rd) Could still be fruiting around mid to late May I guess. .
  18. David Humphries
    another fine East Anglian oak pollard, one of a number within woodland at Oxburgh Hall. .
  19. David Humphries
    look a bit like Calocybe gambosa, but would be a bit late now. When did you see these? .
  20. David Humphries
    oak in an arable field with last years desicated Inonotus dryadeus fruit bodies, looking healthy & vital with sound root crown & butressing .
  21. David Humphries
    pine in a woodland that's been stripped back by decay to show the earlier formed heart & branch structure. .
  22. David Humphries
    He !?! See that's where you're going wrong, confuse the gender of your photographic subject and they won't play ball. They were Lionesses ! .
  23. David Humphries
    Missed a fine opportunity to do a lion lunge at London Zoo yesterday, shoddy attitude I say .
  24. David Humphries
    Perhaps look at Verticillium Wilt, this too affects Acer and is noted on the species as well as SBD by Forest Research It can show as wilting of parts of canopies and dieback The affected parts will have dark streaks running around the growth ring. It's a soil-borne fungi Verticillium dahliae If it weakens the trees I guess they may be susceptible to Armillaria also .
  25. David Humphries
    Perhaps sooty bark disease of sycamore caused by Cryptostroma corticale are there any specific symptoms that you've noticed with the trees that you have seen declining ? SBD kills of the vascular part of the tree pretty quickly and leaves a black spore underneath dead peeling bark. .

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