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The building was constructed in 1980 and is 11.5m from the tree, the garden has had little if any use other than mowing for more than 20 years, no building work has been done since the original house was built or heavy machinery or even any digging apart from a small rose garden 8m away that was planted again over 20 years ago. After this there is only a boundary fence that was replaced 6 weeks ago. Hope this sheds some more light.

Thank you for your comments all, Hamadryad as it happens the next picture down is exactly that and was taken to show the Fungi, Rot, Orange Sap Rot (so I am told) all in the same picture. The Fungi itself is difficult to see at this size and resolution but is just below centre in the vertical and near the far right of the picture, the trestles were placed there by me as a means of protecting the Fungi the reason being the gardener has been knocking them over and disposing of them for a lot of years (10+) in and around this area to stop the 4 Daschunds living there from coming into contact with them just in case - I only became aware of this recently. The ground surrounding the base of the tree HAS NOT been altered except to say that a holly surrounding the tree was recently removed and I guess that the gentleman that did so raked the area to a reasonable level, that may have dropped the level but not by much if at all but certainly has not increased the level. I did today have a Tree Officer inspect the tree and although the Fungi looks dark and shrivelled now he felt it was Collybia Fusipes, also we removed the soft bark and Orange Sap Rot that was present between the two buttresses leftmost on the same picture I previously mentioned - there was quite a lot of it and the officer felt that it was a root infection from the roots up to this point, also there is evidence of recent cracking between the tight bifurcation but the large limb is receiving support from a tie branch that has grown horizontally from a branch further up. As a final point I did find today another Single specimen of Fungi about 12m from the tree and measuring about 15cm possibly a bit more in diameter across the top, this compared with the Collybia Fusipes looks smooth, well formed not messy and gnarly and I have included the pictures, they are not that great as they were taken using my phone and I took the pictures close up to get better detail when and if zooming in. Again you knowledge and input are very gratefully received. Many Thanks P.S. I will take a picture showing more context and of the whole tree and hopefully better pictures of the other Fungi.

Thank you hamadryad, I will endeavour to get over to take a picture of the whole tree this afternoon and in the meantime I have posted a couple of other pics.

The following Fungi growing at the base of this elderly Beech Tree have been seen in this garden for at least the past several years but were casually knocked over by the gardener and disposed of to protect the dogs living at the home. I am guessing Honey Fungus as a Cherry tree was diagnosed with Honey Fungus and removed several years ago, it was at a distance of approx 12m from this Beech This crop of Fungi appeared about 2 weeks ago. The Beech itself was until recently surrounded by Holly the removal of which has shown that in addition to the fungi the base of the tree shows signs of Rot and is producing a thick orange sap underneath the bark which I discovered by accidentally pushing my finger through the soft bark and into 50mm+ in depth of this orange thick but not particuarly sticky sap (I am assuming it is sap). At this time I have not removed any bark to discover how extensive the Orange sap is. There are also a couple of other issues, firstly a large limb forming a tight bifurcation with the main trunk at 1.2m with a water pocket and secondly there is rot at a higher level on old wound now open to the elements. This tree leans towards a main road and I am really considering my options as it has a TPO in place. Any help with identification, advice, opinion and options would be most welcome. Many Thanks

Sorry I did not attach the picture of the Fungi I will post it now seperately. The following Fungi growing at the base of this elderly Beech Tree have been seen in this garden for at least the past several years but were casually knocked over by the gardener and disposed of to protect the dogs living at the home. I am guessing Honey Fungus as a Cherry tree was diagnosed with Honey Fungus and removed several years ago, it was at a distance of approx 12m from this Beech This crop of Fungi appeared about 2 weeks ago. The Beech itself was until recently surrounded by Holly the removal of which has shown that in addition to the fungi the base of the tree shows signs of Rot and is producing a thick orange sap underneath the bark which I discovered by accidentally pushing my finger through the soft bark and into 50mm+ in depth of this orange thick but not particuarly sticky sap (I am assuming it is sap). At this time I have not removed any bark to discover how extensive the Orange sap is. There are also a couple of other issues, firstly a large limb forming a tight bifurcation with the main trunk at 1.2m with a water pocket and secondly there is rot at a higher level on old wound now open to the elements. This tree leans towards a main road and I am really considering my options as it has a TPO in place. Any help with identification, advice, opinion and options would be most welcome. Many Thanks