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Cockchaffer grabs found under ground I believe. And could they be lesser stag beetle grabs, which I don't think are afforded any protection...
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Link works for me, and oh dear....
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Ideally, three balls. One each of 4, 4.5 and 5cm (or could be 4.5, 5 and 5.5cm, I'd need to check to be certain). They'd need to be a dark, non toxic wood, which could take a beating without splintering - mahogany maybe, walnut heart, olive? What'cha got?
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How much would a ball of around 4.5cm diameter cost? Cheers...
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Ask a few to chip in/club together for a home brew kit maybe? About £60-70 all in with a kit to brew. And then you can also have a nice new hobby
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No problem, sorry for the lack of photos - touch screen on phone is knackered...
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Well I was there again this weekend so took a quick look, and yes, Gano for sure. Probably applanatum too. Unfortunately no pics, but my god have they grown and multiplied! The ash is about 6 or 7m tall, and where it barely rocked at all with a shove at my last visit, I reckon two blokes could push it over now. As it is next to path I've recommended it be lowered to about 3-4m, which will be removing its last small live branch. Shame as I'm not convinced it'll recover, but I think the real value in this tree is as standing deadwood anyway, so I'll try to keep it upright as long as possible - with the removed top section leant/strapped to the stump...
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Nice link Darrin, cheers. Seems it has a far wider host range than I realised!
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Tis the season to see Fungi, fa la la la la....
sloth replied to David Humphries's topic in Fungi Pictures
They were around now, ish. In fact I was at Colchester zoo last week and there were a few old, and some emerging ones then. Where I saw them before, and on other woodchip below bamboo - there's a lot of that there... -
Tis the season to see Fungi, fa la la la la....
sloth replied to David Humphries's topic in Fungi Pictures
Nothing too strange, but I've never found such prime specimens of any erathstars before.... -
Hi again, any ideas on this situation? About 10-20m inside a woodland edge I came across this sycamore covered in ivy, dead ivy. All the ivy on the floor around the tree, and on surrounding trees was perfectly healthy. The only thing different I could see about this tree was an advanced Kretz colonisation, with fruiting bodies extending also onto the ivy stems at the base of the tree. I could see no reason for the ivy to be dead - no herbicides in this area, no cutting of ivy etc. Is it possible the Kretz has killed the ivy? I did break off some of the dead ivy stems at the base, and it was only slightly decayed, and not typical of Kretz rot - more like early white rot, and very minimal really. What do you reckon?
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Mistletoe on maple last week...
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Hi all, I have had a quick search to find a thread listing peoples experiences with mistletoe hosts with no luck. So, maybe peopple could post their more unusual hosts here? Aside from the obvious apple and lime, I'll kick it off with a Norway maple I found as host last week - not seen this host before...
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Just tried signing in on the pc for the first time in a while, first try said invalid redirect url. second time seems to have worked but gave me this error before letting me access the forums: ''We are sorry, we are not able to process the operation further. Your account should satisfy the single sign-on requirements. Please contact your administrator to solve this issue''
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Tis the season to see Fungi, fa la la la la....
sloth replied to David Humphries's topic in Fungi Pictures
Pseudo-innonotus dryadeus, generally nothing to worry about... -
Yep, horse chestnut bleeding canker. The fungi is probably Pleurotus ostreatus (oyster), it's pretty common in the south east on hcbc affected trees...
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No worries, hope you get on ok with raging hippies
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Not a species I've encountered before David, you?
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I think we still get four, there's always Taylor and Francis online too...
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Give my mate Omar (Shire Trees) a call on +447763615370, he might be able to help, based in Colchester like me. Kev
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(Arboricultural-styled) 'Fact of the Day'
sloth replied to Kveldssanger's topic in Training & education
An interesting one. I've often wondered in the past if I see more Kretzchmaria (in particular) and Meripilus on copper beech than standard, or if I'm just imagining it! Might make for an interesting study... -
Third that, and the blackened bruised areas hint at merip too...
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Gotcha, cheers...
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Come again...
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Just like to say ive been on 6 years thanks steve for putting up with me
sloth replied to mendiplogs's topic in The Lounge
He's at about 13 posts a day, you can do it!
