Betula

I see it most often on Aesculus hippocastanum, Platanus x hispanica and Tilia x europea

I developed tendonitus in both of my achilles 2 years ago from wearing chainsaw boots that were too big. Start re-habbing it as soon as possible and maintain it as if you don't it stays around for a long time!

Agree with the above two comments; having highly regarded professionals within the tree industry who have very in depth tree knowledge is invaluable. Tree Life/Training Tree within the industry would also carry a lot more weight on the CV than ADL

Nice, just round the corner from work for me!! Booked a place

Yep is canadensis, quite brilliant

I would also go with Pinus coulteri, have a couple of the pine cones on my desk!

Ignoring the issue of the quality of firewood, surely the increase of EU imported logs for the home burning market is a big bio-security concern?

Thanks for this, I've been waiting for the verdict on this as has been an interesting case to read

i had a clump of blackened armillaria on one of my assesment trees! was quite tricky to spot actually

dont just learn fungi idents but what they look like when they're decaying and all mushy. Very good chance in the exam they may have a sample of an old dessicated laetiporus or phaeolus to identify.

From my experience, when kretz is at the far end of a buttress, it can be contained within that buttress. Although that is a risky strategy to work by!!

I've seen it on sycamore before

Is Acacia pravissima

I would definitely say Pholiota, the downward facing shaggy triangles are a dead give away. For Armallaria there would be a ring on the stem beneath the cap. Worth a look

Bought it!