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Meripilus giganteus. Generally sets alarm bells ringing on beech in busy areas...

Granny stopper is about right... top marks for the rest so far though Good thread

No CA, avoid TPO'd trees, consider felling licensing, then crack on...

As far as I'm aware, the only insurance you must legally have in place (aside from vehicle etc) is employers liability; and only then if you employ someone, bona-fide sub-contractors (I think) are excluded. Is that brief (and accurate?!) enough? Best have plenty of savings if the bum mud hits the air mover though...

Do walnuts have tannic acid?

WETwood, predictive text

Looks like bacterial redwood to me...

Free time is at a premium at the moment! Have to keep my eyes peeled on my travels round here...

Looks like hatfield will be timed well, really looking forward to it! Plenty of gano springing into life around here. Boletes a plenty under roadside oaks too. Dyers is one fung I have never seen a good example of, just a few dessicated remains.

Saw this sexy, super Zenned out Asian, and thought of you in your new peaceful location in life. It's all about balance, not just the video, but life. Enjoy...

Quite likely both. Tiny black and stripped flying critters sounds a lot like them though...

Nice find

No need to thank lil ole me, I hate spam as much as the next man! Thanks to you and the other mods for taking the time to keep arbtalk a nice place to visit

They will only go for Aesculus, I don't think it will kill them on its own. The latest research suggests that the leaves have long enough that the trees can photosynthesise before they are eaten, and are no more susceptible to bleeding canker as a result. Presumably that means they are no more prone to other ailments/attacks as well, which I find hard to believe. Surely if a tree is striped of leaves mid to late summer year after year it will have some effect on the trees ability to store energy?

Hopefully someone on here can help, if not try etsy.com It's like an arty crafty ebay...

Indeed. I see 'cizzer' as a 'slang thang'. No different from calling a Fistulina a 'fisti', or a karabiner a crab. Regional variations, abbreviations and slang are what make the English language so versatile and, for want of a better word, fun. What bugs me more is bad grammar, but nobody is perfect! Be certain as soon as you pick out others, yours are fair game; like when you used 'its' instead of 'it's' in your post. Life's too short to pick on petty mistakes we all make though If you fancy a break from trees and fungi, get a copy of Mother Tongue by Bill Bryson. Good little read...

Lettuce, radish and beetroot should be ok. Maybe spinach, kale and chard. Depends a bit on where in the country you are. Plus I'm new to home growing most things myself so may be wrong!

Maybe I'm missing a point here, but wouldn't you only try to predict a numerical likelihood of failure such as 1:10,000 if using a recognized system (such as QTRA) which seeks to quantify risk? If using THREATS, or some other method, or simply giving an opinion on whether risk is 'acceptable or not' no mention need be made of numbers. In my opinion it would still be valid in a single tree case such as this to say something along the lines of 'due to a recent shift in rootplate and subsequent movement of the whole tree to a new and unaccustomed angle of lean, the high risk of damage posed to nearby targets (occupied house) within the projected drop zone poses an unacceptably high level of risk of failure. An immediate fell is recommended.' Personally I am not happy to express likelihood of failure in such a fashion without applying a known and accepted method of doing so, and having had no QTRA training, it's something I steer clear of! Ps. Thank you for contributions to the recent QTRA thread which Acer Ventura kindly started and responded to. It made for some good reading, and has certainly piqued my interest in getting trained at some point.

No idea, but beautiful photo

Well worth buying, but pricey!

6 months on has the glacier moved?

Ah, yeah that'll kill most electronic things!

The s2 despite feeling feather weight and skinny is a tough bugger. My wife is very hard on phones, its been dropped down stairs, onto concrete, many times. It even survived a complete dunk into a bath full of hot water! Ok, it didn't turn on straight away, but 48hrs in a tub of rice and it hasn't missed a beat since (6 months ago)...

Interesting tree How would you expect the distribution of the two fungis territories to look? With the Ga being quite 'potent' and the Id being quite 'weak', do you think they would remain in separate volumes of wood? Or is it possible the Ga could end up with the tree to itself?

Hi, what is traq? I don't believe I have come across it before... Cheers