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  1. David Humphries
    That's downright fungist that is
  2. David Humphries
    If members can't (or choose not to) adhere to what are a simple and fair set of rules then to be honest they would be better off finding a web forum that doesn't have the same standards as this site. Not aimed at any one individual, but all those that make our moderator volunteered time less tolerable than it should be. .
  3. David Humphries
    Nice inosculation .
  4. David Humphries
    How bizarre. Where was it Steve? .
  5. David Humphries
    and a filler in job with the resistograph assessing the integrity of this American Swing. Apprentice Se on micro drill duty .
  6. David Humphries
    The day before the Poplar carnage we were engaged in the other end of the spectrum by carrying out a light reduction on a old lapsed oak pollard which is colonised by Fistulina hepatica Team leader Ali on secateur duty .
  7. David Humphries
    Set of Lombardy poplars next to a secondary school. One has a known and monitored colonisation of Perenniporia fraxinea. They've all been topped/reduced in height a couple of times over the last dozen or so years Resistograph readings have shown fairly significant decay on the school side of the one with the brackets, so we've taken it down. The remaining trees will be reduced again to limit the wind exposure on them now one of the group has gone. Possibly going to be replace with a fastigiate oak species. Team Leader Ali on the spikes .
  8. David Humphries
    Taken today Kevin and yes I believe I have read that there are potentially different Laetiporus species and sub species .
  9. David Humphries
    May of posted this before, but visited it again today so thought I'd share. Liriodendron at Ickworth NT .
  10. David Humphries
    Smokey bracket on oak, old chicken on yew, stump puffballs on oak and dyers mazegill on coniferous stump in the Stumpery at Ickworth NT .
  11. David Humphries
    Agreed .
  12. David Humphries
    Thanks for sending it through John. It's quite desiccated, but reminds me of Armilaria (particularly the flecked stem) although there doesn't appear to be any ring on the stem? It's possible that it could be the ringless honey fungus Armilaria tabescens Was it completely solitary or were there others around the trunk?
  13. David Humphries
    Still can't see anything, you can try sending it to my email if you like? [email protected] .
  14. David Humphries
    Difficult to offer up an ID without seeing basic I'd features like stem and gills. Do you have any other shots of it? .
  15. David Humphries
    Both .
  16. David Humphries
    Good one Jake. We were going around checking on some of our monoliths today and came across a relatively interesting association that I hadn't seen before. Heterobasidion annosum on beech, usually found associating with coniferous trees. Will have to reduce this standing dead stick down a couple of meters or so to take some weight off what's left of its roots .
  17. David Humphries
    We were suprised that the grafts were as solid as they were Kev, thought the flex would have limited a strong bonding. Don't think I've ever seen an example like this on beech before .
  18. David Humphries
    Felling adjacent trees or prunning back branches that are encroaching/shading a target tree (usually a veteran/ancient) to allow more light for epicormic growth to help develop lower canopies on retrenching trees. Worth remembering that this type of work should ideally be carried out over a phased time line as a number of species can suffer from over exposure to direct sun light, if carried out in one hit. http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/picture-forum/39903-haloing-around-reducing-veteran-pollards.html .
  19. David Humphries
    Going to sit on my shelf of weird and wonderful interesting biomechanical wonders..........though it won't be long before it breaks under the weight of all the crap I've come across over the years .
  20. David Humphries
    Fine thread Sean, will get my vote .
  21. David Humphries
    Apprentice Se was up undertaking some haloing of this old veteran pine when he came across these very fine inosculating beech branches. .
  22. David Humphries
    You're bang on with silver leaf. Chondrostereum purpureum Chondrostereum purpureum - Silver leaf fungus - David Humphries’s Fungi Directory - Arbtalk.co.uk | Discussion Forum for Arborists Honey fungus is a honey coloured mushroom with a ring on the stem..... Armillaria mellea - Honey fungus - David Humphries’s Fungi Directory - Arbtalk.co.uk | Discussion Forum for Arborists .
  23. David Humphries
    Yes, nice shots Chris .
  24. David Humphries
    Initial thoughts would be more toward resinaceum. Lucidum is usually a much smaller fruit body and tends to come off the roots whereas resinaceum is more often on the lower trunk. Did this example have a pronounced stalk, can't really tell from these images. Not necessarily a positive indication as resinaceum can stalk and lucidum can have a stunted stalk. Flesh colour is somewhat darker in lucidum. Only sure fire way to tell is by microscopy, checking spore morphology and size. .
  25. David Humphries
    Report it here..... http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/general-chat/49735-arbtalk-glitches-please-report-here-83.html There's a better chance Mr Bullman will see it and be able to advise, .

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