Kveldssanger

I know David shared a shot of bees on a cavity with Fistulina, a week or so back.

Plenty of pardoning for one post, there! Don't think you're going mad, as I think I have read the same.

Aye! Glad those older shots brought about a mini discussion though - many positive results.

Awesome. Hope you like it.

I wrote a short review of it here: https://arboriculture.wordpress.com/2016/04/10/book-review-urban-tree-management-roloff-2016/ In essence, it's damn good.

Is that a mass of sheep's wool?

Cool 'aint it! Our trees are so rich in folklore and traditions. I got a few books on trees and magic for that reason.

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Another bit from Hageneder's The Spirit of Trees: "In many Germanic tribes an old lime tree was used as the omphalos, the central pole and meeting point for communal affairs. They believed that criminals receiving sentences were softened by the soothing atmosphere of this tree. Lime was seen as generating divine knowledge, truth, justice, clarity, a balance of decisiveness and compassion. It was dedicated to Freya, the Mistress of the Earth and goddess of love." Reading this book paints lime as a really epic tree, actually. Reading about ley lines, dragons (lindwurm), and so on. Some sweet history for this tree!

Andreas Roloff. Chapter 1 of Urban Tree Management: for the Sustainable Development of Green Cities, on page 5. It reads: "In past times, dance and court trees used to be very important. Dance lindens had a platform in the crown where dances were held; court lindens were used for meetings dedicated to law and order. The finding of justice was based on the belief that nobody would dare lie under a Tilia tree."

Hahaha someone has been reading Stamets! Considering fungi may perhaps infect the brain more readily than we previously thought, maybe there's going to be some mass migration to the tops of dead whitebeams!? So my additions are, so I don't pull the aforementioned stunt: FIRST IMAGE: Suspected wolf's milk (Lycogala epidendrum) on a hornbeam (Carpinus betulus) stump, complete with honey fungus (Armillaria sp.) rhizomorphs. SECOND IMAGE: The remnants of what appears to be a very old Ganoderma resinaceum on a very lovely mature oak tree (Quercus robur). THIRD IMAGE: The stumpgrinder (Pseduotrametes gibbosa) chilling amongst the remnants of spent turkey tail (Trametes versicolor) sporophores, on the top surface of a hornbeam (Carpinus betulus) stump. FOURTH IMAGE: A cheeky Salix-borne Daedaleopsis confragosa gets rekt with sound wavez from an ARBOTOM (not shouting, honest!!!!!!!!). FIFTH IMAGE: Ganoderma austrannatum on cherry (Prunus sp.), complete with ARBOTOM sensors blasting sound through the butt to check for sound wood.

For old brackets like that, is there a way of positively IDing them then? Spores are likely not going to be available in such heavily degraded ones?

Interesting though not at all surprising that they are (nearly) all limes. One is never to lie in the presence of a linden, and thus they're oft found around courts and other 'legal' areas.

I have seen Fistulina up in the crown a few times, though usually it's chicken. Would have to wait and see to get a conclusive ID, of course.

Probably Laetiporus, I would say (either going to be that or Fistulina).

They look more like Ganoderma australe than they do Ganoderma applanatum, though it's hard to tell from outward appearance. Green & Watson say australe is much tougher and doesn't crack atop under only low to moderate pressure, and has the outer 'lip' that rolls outwards. Applanatum also seems to be much more planar, whilst australe sometimes looks a bit like a hoof.

Hahah. "oi mate get off me patch or i'll peck ya eye out" Oh sweet! That's really cool.

Beast of a tree! Looks like a load of Ganoderma. Is that an internal root, or just a rib?

Looks like the bird's got a little miffed at a camera being pointed at its home. The result of the third image and fourth image, plus my imagination, was probably not meant to turn out as hilariously as it just did.

I was referring specifically to foundation depths on new builds, which are, at times, lacking (for the situation).

That's expecting developers to build properly! And porches. Please ban porches with a foundation depth of 30cm.

Ah man, quite a few typos...

Haha nice spot! I enjoyed looking into it all to be honest (did it for my course), and thought I'd share it as I know a good many people think about case law and get lost in its surface-level complexity. Plus, accessibility to case law info isn't that easy. The LTOA have some good bits, though unless you buy a Mynors book then it's probably not straightforward at all.

Indeed, it does. As you point out, these brackets are just massive. However, it does actually appear that they are D. confragosa!

On holiday next week, so won't be posting anything. Got an ATF meet with Saturday as well, and pretty busy for the rest of the week, so if there's next to nothing for ~10 days it's not because I've sodded off and am never to return.