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  1. David Humphries
    Pretty much retired these days & don't have any kit at home in Suffolk. Guess it would be a cheek to ask one of the guys to give up their weekend in the name of their bosses fung lust need to get myself a decent telephoto lens .
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    couldn't get a decent close up due to lack of decent lens and too much foliage in the foreground. Imagine that they are the velvet shank - Flammulina velutipes , open to other ideas? .
  3. David Humphries
    Out walking the pooch yesterday morning and came across an interesting clump of fung high up in a beech. .
  4. David Humphries
    doubt there's many of those associations left. Not come across that myself. how big was the trunk? . .
  5. David Humphries
    a fair presumption that these germinating radicals probably already have the myco association from this Ochre Brittlegill - Russula ochroleuca .
  6. David Humphries
    Fine piece of heritage .
  7. David Humphries
    Great delamination in that last shot Geoff .
  8. David Humphries
    Isn't it just The Magpie Ink cap - Coprinus picaceus .
  9. David Humphries
    Can't see the shots on my Pc (must be something to do with photo bucket) Had a look on the phone & I would think they are Pholiota squarrosa .
  10. David Humphries
    Kind of, but I think I've read that the shedding of branches due to stress conditions like drought is brought about by a self determined biomechanical morphology of branch unions rather than a fungal induced cellular degradation. Is this from the lev 4? .
  11. David Humphries
    beech woodland fung .
  12. David Humphries
    Horse chestnut on the edge of woodland Rigidoporus ulmarius fruiting Removed wedge showing flesh and pore layer of the last couple of growth increments Storm damaged in the 1990's and heavily reduced. Pronounced buttressing as a result of the brown rot. .
  13. David Humphries
    did you not shout at her ?
  14. David Humphries
    Mycorrhizal Russula sp here on beech .
  15. David Humphries
    We had a MEWP on site today for some bracing but we chose rope access instead due to the sensitive nature of the root plate of this 500 year old lapsed beech pollard and beter work positioning required for the splicing. There's a time & a place, as all aspects of a job need considering before opting for just a mewp. .
  16. David Humphries
    Clink on the red link in the above post, the first 2 shots are on Beech. It was Meripilus that would have been the primary pathogen in that case with the Chondro taking advantage of a weakened tree. .
  17. David Humphries
    Looks like mature Chondrostereum purpureum - silver leaf .
  18. David Humphries
    dog walking fung hunt Paxillus involutus - the brown roll rim, on young lime .
  19. David Humphries
    Give Peter at pro-tipper a call We've used him for a bespoke Landy back. Pro Tipper Ltd .
  20. David Humphries
    I'm afraid not. It will be staying on site to decay down and provide habitat for a myriad of saproxylic species .
  21. David Humphries
    I don't see why not. Meripilus has a strategy of association via exposed sapwood (roots) So as long as any new young planting is secured in its pit and not damaged from the root collar downwards then any residual mycelium in the locale should not really penetrate the young roots. I'd imagine if we do replant in the same area then we would ensure that the immediate planting pit is free of decayed wood and has a soil structure and texture that retains and releases nutrients and moisture and promotes good root growth. .
  22. David Humphries
    No, it's now detached all around from its roots A replacement will be sourced & planted. We had contact from the office of Prince Charles in the aftermath of the storm, concerned as to the level of damage to the trees on the Heath. Perhaps we could invite him to replace his Great Grandfathers tree .
  23. David Humphries
    1. I'm fairly confident that we would have carried out the reduction via climbing, although had the assessment deemed it necessary then we would have brought a Mewp in. 2. We have other beeches that have Meripilus, that after reduction, are still standing after a number of years including significantly having suffered the same storm as above. http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/tree-health-care/4246-last-beech-standing.html http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/tree-health-care/52839-just-tickle.html .
  24. David Humphries
    We had it down on our work schedule for a 3m canopy reduction this winter to bring it within the surrounding canopies to lessen its sail against the wind. the recent St Jude storm wasn't privy to this plan and blew the tree down whilst still in full leaf. Missed the boat on this one .
  25. David Humphries
    Although there was indeed evidence of desiccation in the roots, I didn't feel that the tree was structurally compromised enough at that point to warrant a reduction of canopy to aid stability. We decided that keeping passing foot & vehicular traffic away from the trunk and immediate rhizosphere would suffice with a monitoring of canopy vitality. .

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