David Humphries
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Big challenging work Matty, great work. Had the dryadeus cavitated the base a lot? .
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Great shot Alec, where is that? Here's some avian action on a bird table outside my window whilst on holiday in Cornwall last week........ .
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Most likely to be dessicated Coprinus species. .
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Deer at Holkham Hall appreciating the shade of trees yesterday....... .
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Second one is definately a mycorrhizal Russula species Perhaps Russula noblis http://www.first-nature.com/fungi/russula-nobilis.php Can't really make out enough detail for the first one. .
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Do you mean it didn't have a developed stem or was like a ball? If the latter (and next to oak) it could be a Scleroderma species .
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Any shots of the underside of the cap and its stem (if it had one) .
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Tis the season to see Fungi, fa la la la la....
David Humphries replied to David Humphries's topic in Fungi Pictures
Fine series of shots and finds Chris . -
Sounds like Mr Kew was suitably impressed. Great find guys ! Shows how well understood the importance (and maintenance) of dead/dysfunctional wood is around Windsor, as the number of oak poly records in the area alludes to .
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Might be worth considering Fomitopsis pinicola Chris Before it develops its usual 'red band' it's pale in colour and often gutates. Host is a good fit (as per its name) Fomitopsis pinicola - Red banded polypore - David Humphries’s Fungi Directory - Arbtalk.co.uk | Discussion Forum for Arborists .
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Debatably the bigger issue here is perhaps why the UK is importing Platanus sp from a region of Europe which has a significant disease threat killing thousands of Platanus trees. The on costs of dealing with the disease if it gets here would dwarf the local budget issue that's being reported here. http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/tree-health-care/100779-ceratocystis-platani-canker-stain-plane.html .
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Meripilus giganteus, the giant polypore. White rot decayer of roots particularly when it fruits in such abundance. .
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Staying on a small holding in Cornwall, bats everywhere. Coming out of the barns and old oaks. .
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"I want to take the kids to the beach" she said I heard "beech"...........easy mistake .
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Was going to knock on the door but we're in the middle of holiday and the boss fired a warning shot over me bow This other beech had three more brackets (hence the reduction i guess) and was about three doors down. Further up the road there was another former beech which had been reduced and carved standing. No brackets but the remnant roots were heavily decayed. .
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Not sure religion will save it .
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On beech at the coast in Cornwall, fairly surprised it's still standing. .
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Brrrrrp
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Not uncommon for Armilaria sp to grow at height on a stem Guy, but usually I've found that it will be there acting saprophytically. Plenty of other species that will produce mycelial fans under bark. Without any fruitbodies it would be very difficult to determine an ID .
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That's the long and short of it. This is in essence a potentially very informative thread which we discussd before allowing it to run, but it will not be allowed to descend into a slag fest of individuals or the company. (noted that this wasn't your intention when you first posted the video) .
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Managing Trees with Decay & Dysfunction
David Humphries replied to David Humphries's topic in Tree health care
Let Se (the apprentice) carry out the canopy work after discussing the shape and the moving targets Shortish Time lapse produced by wizard productions....... [ame] [/ame] . -
Managing Trees with Decay & Dysfunction
David Humphries replied to David Humphries's topic in Tree health care
Managing trees with donkeys and dysfunction......... This Catalpa was wind rocked during a significant storm a few years back. The roots remained functional but each year it comes in to leaf and flowers a few weeks behind the other Catalpas at the same site. It's retrenching itself due to the root trauma. It's not a threat to people, but to keep it upright longer and to help with its vascular function we've reduced it. . -
Self harming trees...........perhaps we should start charging clients for tree psychotherapy advice. .
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Cassian Humphrey's article is from a while back, but it's a good read http://naturaculture.sites.go1.com.au/sites/naturaculture.sites.go1.com.au/files/Tree-Welding-and-Natural-Grafts-the-Magic-of-Myrtaceae.pdf .
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Thought it was a little disappointing that a standing monolith couldn't have been manged for its biodiversity value and also as a heritage nod to its past existence. .
