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  1. David Humphries
    Left it will be..........should sell the chipper really .
  2. David Humphries
    Which set? There's 222 posts of mine on this thread Kidding, cheers It's good to have a series of images over a period of time to help tell the story. Helps my internal reports no end .
  3. David Humphries
    One of three Horse chestnuts subject to soil erosion that also has Rigidoporus ulmarius colonising the base of the tree. The trees back on to an adjacent private garden but I felt confident that when/if the tree fell it would stay on our side. First noted the Rigidoporus about 10 years ago but noticed the tree starting to lean (via the canopy gap) more than normal last autumn. We could have 'possibly' arrested the fall (for a bit more time) via reduction, but to be honest we have bigger priorities. .
  4. David Humphries
    A case of sneaky fung playing with this fung hunters head Inonotus hispidus on Malus in a friends orchard, pretending to be 'chicken of the woods' .
  5. David Humphries
    Sorry to hear that Ty, sounds annoying. Guess you're gonna have to be more vigilant whilst working on/around oak at this time of year. The contractors we use to get rid of our nests have some nasty tales of being affected by the hairs. Is there no control program in place where you are in France? .
  6. David Humphries
    How about reviewing the potential for replanting with oak species more adapted to a potential warmer climate in the future, perhaps with a more Southern European provenance. .
  7. David Humphries
    Impressive work Tim, well edited down to a good watchable presentation of the job. Big monolith ! will stand as a good testament to the tree it once was within the local tree scape. Is it outside the falling distance of the road? Will you be instructed to keep an eye on it over he coming years. .
  8. David Humphries
    Big tree. Look like Coprinus sp. Perhaps, C. micaceus .
  9. David Humphries
    Sniffing out Fistulina hepatica (beefsteak) fruiting from underneath a recently fallen oak. .
  10. David Humphries
    Bit low for a coppice ain't it mate. .
  11. David Humphries
    Guess it depends to some degree on what you're sending. I've used boxes and phials but mostly in cases involving leaves etc either Jiffy bags or sample bags put straight in to envelopes. .
  12. David Humphries
    Sounds like a good plan .
  13. David Humphries
    What's the plan with the tree Mr gray git? .
  14. David Humphries
    No, I don't actually know. I suspect that being close mown to an inch of its life over its 40 odd years, with associated root damage, played some part in its demise. Whether that triggered the conditions for the fascination, is anyone's guess. .
  15. David Humphries
    Couple of years earlier....... .
  16. David Humphries
    Diptera landing pad...... .
  17. David Humphries
    Fasciation on this dead Prunus subhirtella. .
  18. David Humphries
    Some of today's fungi at work... Gymnopus brassicolens on woodchip Ganoderma resinaceum on felled oak stem Agaricus augustus on London plane Psuedoinonotus dryadeus at 3m height on Oak trunk One or two others of interest, but waiting on spore colour over night to determine species before posting. .
  19. David Humphries
    big ! .
  20. David Humphries
    I'm surprised I spelt it right .
  21. David Humphries
    Policy is to leave as much of the wood on site as long as it's not prejudicial to public access or other habitats. .
  22. David Humphries
    Will definately be left in situ. Wild flowers are part of the ecology teams grassland management regime. .
  23. David Humphries
    Most of them I think Sean. But ofcourse we don't have the proportion of plane populations like the Royal Parks have. Perhaps 5-600 plane trees out of our 20,000 or so total. .
  24. David Humphries
    More Massaria, so up went our apprentice. This one has a very small amount of sap wood still functioning, (2cm stretch at base on cross section image) .
  25. David Humphries
    Willow monolith extensively colonised by Ganoderma sp 5 years on, it's reduced itself. .

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