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David Humphries

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  1. David Humphries
    Both Fistulina hepatica
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    Inonotus hispidus
  3. David Humphries
    Ganoderma resinaceum, the brown/cocoa spore colour confirms genus, it will be soft to touch which confirms it as one of the three annual UK Ganoderma species. If you wipe off the spore from the surface it will be a red resinous colour.
  4. David Humphries
    Good to see you're still alive Deano ? How was the leather?
  5. David Humphries
    big mast year again
  6. David Humphries
    Vasates quadripedes - Maple bladder gall
  7. David Humphries
    Teraneura ulmi - Elm- grass root aphid gall
  8. David Humphries
    On ash? I think it looks like P. fraxinea. A slice/wedge of the flesh and tube layer would help confirm. Only other candidate that fits the look at that stage in development is Ganoderma resinaceum, but I think it’s likeky the former. another way to tell the difference between those two is the spore, white/cream for Perenniporia, brown/cocoa for G. resinaceum.
  9. David Humphries
    Spangle galls from the gall wasp (Neuroterus quercusbaccaram) not really a health issue for the tree in my experience
  10. David Humphries
    Great picture Matty, sums up the camaraderie and essence of Arbtalk and it’s members really well.
  11. David Humphries
    Very sad to hear, Alan was a great forum character, my sincere condolences to his close friends and family.
  12. David Humphries
    Possibly the start of a Trametes sp Maybe T gibbosa
  13. David Humphries
    Are the fruit bodies not on a tree volume beneath the ivy, Murray ? Look a bit like Fuscoporia torulosa
  14. David Humphries
    Image not really close enough, but have a look at Coprinellus disseminatus (fairy ink caps)
  15. David Humphries
    You mean of course ‘pores’ ?
  16. David Humphries
    That is a bit of a corker
  17. David Humphries
    I think the bracket has grown around the seedling, annual and perennial brackets grow rapidly during initial development.
  18. David Humphries
    Grows with apples and sorbus as well. Depends (as with most of these fung things) on vitality of the tree. Munches away at it nicely, not as significant as ash due to heartwood but often you can see wood pecker holes in the wood volumes in colonised areas and I've noted failed branches associated with it.
  19. David Humphries
    Someone needs a proper camera ? I'd imagine it's Inonotus hispidus, (Shaggy bracket) I see it on Walnut quite often.
  20. David Humphries
    Isn’t it ! I went to a heathland site yesterday where there were literally many hundreds of Fomes brackets, would be a fantastic site to study the combative nature of Fomes fomentarius and Fomitopsis betulinus in close and abundent proximity within the same wood volumes. Hope this finds you doing well Gary?
  21. David Humphries
    Hoof !
  22. David Humphries
    I can’t really tell to be honest but it ‘looks’ like a dried out slime mold like a Fuligo sp
  23. David Humphries
    any context images from further away?
  24. David Humphries
    You might want to consider re-potting (or planting) it & adding new soil with organic mix, as it looks to have run out of resource for its roots. It will be stressed in this condition and open to attack from various pests and disease.
  25. David Humphries
    Ganoderma adspersum will associate with a wide range tree species. The spores of the fungal fruiting bracket on this Eucalyptus will be everywhere in this and the neighbouring garden and could/will recolonise any tree host that is stressed or damaged. So, it's perhaps not really a question of which tree species to replant with but more one around protecting any new tree from damage (mower, strimmer, compaction, fencing etc...) establishing it well and and keeping it healthy (access to good un-compacted free draining soil, water & full sun light) Sounds like this tree probably should be removed and replaced with a different species due to the use and size of the garden. My experience of Ganoderma and Eucalyptus in (sub-optimal growing environments) is not good, the mycelium will remove most of the lignin in the heart of the tree and eventually impact on the residual wall strength. This one failed in a pretty strong wind, but was probably only a question of when.

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