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  1. David Humphries
    Lovely work Simon .
  2. David Humphries
    Scutellinia scutellata, the eyelash fungi. Not one I stumble across too often, due in part to not living in teeny tiny minuscule fungi imp world. .
  3. David Humphries
    Scion imperfection? .
  4. David Humphries
    From one branch to multiple branches Marc. That particular tree had multiple branches infected, with that one being the largest. .
  5. David Humphries
    A London Plane infected with the fungal branch pathogen known as Massaria http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/tree-health-care/44455-massaria-march.html http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/tree-health-care/66452-massaria-disease-plane-practical-management-guidance.html .
  6. David Humphries
    If it was one of ours, we would possibly look to manage the ground around it. Be that by planting, laying stuff around it etc. Not sure we'd fence it off. Maybe look to open up a new access route near to it. Does the site have volunteers or local tree wardens? Perhaps create a working party (with consent) and use it as an educational thing? .
  7. David Humphries
    Don't be silly........they'd be in black and white
  8. David Humphries
    Oh mr silky made an appearance once or twice Collateral damage included; One smashed greenhouse One smashed bicycle One smashed fence One smashed bench One smashed windscreen More practice indeed .
  9. David Humphries
    TWO ! More practice me thinks .
  10. David Humphries
    As part of the task he had to dismantle the branch in ten equal sized sections and throw each in to a target slightly in front and below him. The first one hit the spot. So, how many did the aspiring young arb manage to secure in the target zone? .
  11. David Humphries
    Set our current young Jedi recruit the task of removing his first sizeable Massaria branch on a plane tree. .
  12. David Humphries
    Different gene's, different climatic conditions, further away from continental conglomoration of p&d, make em hardier t'up north Some of the above ? .
  13. David Humphries
    Journalistic licence .
  14. David Humphries
    Good old 'Betty' Tree identified in East Anglia showing "strong tolerance" to Chalara fraxinea....... Ash dieback 'resistant' tree named Betty found in Norfolk - BBC News Defra report on the current position on the molecular understanding of the disease........ http://oadb.tsl.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Nornex_Final_Report_April_2016.pdf .
  15. David Humphries
    Nicely done Ben, looked a crappy job. How much damage did it cause to the roof, and any idea why it failed? Like TGB above asked, was it a privately owned tree or a City tree? Cheers .
  16. David Humphries
    Bit difficult without at least a cut wedge of the flesh and tubes to look at. .
  17. David Humphries
    Do you know if the research involved decay evaluation, tomograph or resistograph for example? .
  18. David Humphries
    Do you know if any consideration was given to reducing the tree to mitigate some of the risk? How long did it take you guys to bring it down, looked a fun but busy dismantle. Nice work by the way. .
  19. David Humphries
    Thanks for sharing the images Jeroen Some of us here at Arbtalk like to see the whole picture as to why and how a tree comes down. The buttress roots look like they still have good structure and vitality. The core and the sinuses between the buttresses look to be colonised by variuous decay species. Was the presence of honey fungus identified by fruitbodies around the tree or the associated black bootlaces (rhizomorphs) ? .
  20. David Humphries
    Hi Nicely edited video. The tree looked to have good vitality for a tree compromised by honey fungus. Are there any shots of the stump after the trunk was felled? I think it's always interesting to see the level of dysfunction and decay on big trees like this when they are removed. .
  21. David Humphries
    Yep, that's the red band, nice find. I've only seen it here in the uk once, from a beech at Burnham Beeches last February. Post 4025 here.... http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/fungi-pictures/558-tis-season-see-fungi-fa-la-la-la-la-403.html The gallery shots in the fungi directly are mostly from ones I came across in Poland last year. Certainly more common on the continent than here, but I've seen a few pop up on the British Mycological Society page this year. .
  22. David Humphries
    First collection look to be Phellinus. Either P. ferreus or P. ferruginosus Though some of the images seem to have too much depth and have a look of desiccated Innonotus radiatus (which is normally associated with Alnus) But I suspect the former, and my cop out is that I'm on my third bottle of Fullers London Porter Second set are definately Hypoxylon multiforme Rogers Mushrooms - Hypoxylon multiforme Mushroom . .
  23. David Humphries
    Although you shouldn't rule out I. cuticularis, as this is the more common association on beech with Inonotus. (below images) particularly where there is wound wood/cavities I tend to find that the more clustered and smaller the sets of brackets are, the more likely it will be I. cuticularis. .
  24. David Humphries
    I couldn't say for sure Chris. It's certainly a possibility as I have seen I. hispidus on beech, and I believe it's also reported on other beeches on frdbi. .
  25. David Humphries
    Didn't realise Ray Winston was a member .

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