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  1. Paul in the woods
    The was a piece in the Small Woods magazine a while back about non-Hymenoscyphus fraxineus ash dieback. I was referring to the fact ash doesn't always look good, especially where it has been planted in the wrong place or where it's growing at the extremes of it's range. I would be surprised if the trees in the OPs post didn't have Hymenoscyphus fraxineus but whether it's the main cause of their state is not easy to say. Each year I've found our ash trees to behave a bit differently, last year many of the badly affected trees seemed to recover to some extent late on in the year but this year there's quite a few that have looked very poorly and some have now died. Thankfully a few look unaffected.
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    Interesting, I thought they would be inundated and reading their page they say: "Please note that not all reports will be followed up directly" and "We would encourage you only to report suspected cases of Chalara dieback of ash in new (unshaded) areas on the following map " Might be worth doing to see what happens. Funnily enough they don't have where I live shaded on their map and it's been around here for several years.
  3. Paul in the woods
    Did you look under the cap to see the stem and pores? At a guess I would say some type of suillis (a bolete), perhaps something like Suillus granulatus which is mycorrhizal but I've no idea what might be associated with redwood.
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    It's not bay, the buds are wrong and the leaf stalks too long for bay. The buds do look oak like but on such a small plant I wouldn't hazard a guess as to which one.
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    It's frustrating that there isn't a clear guide to id ash die back and distinguish it from other disease and problems with ash. I've got 1000s of ash on my land and I'm sure it has dieback (some trees completely dead now) but I've yet to see the small fruiting bodies you get told to look out for. Like your trees some of mine are grown in windy areas or in waterlogged soil so show signs of poor form and early leaf loss. What I gather is a sure sign is the diamond shaped lesions on stems and trunks. I didn't see any for a few years but now often find them on trees I take out. Some fairly good pics are here: The Chilterns AONB - News WWW.CHILTERNSAONB.ORG
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    I have a few trees a bit like that on my woodland. I would guess it's either damage from a stake, damage from deer (I've got a stone pine in a large pot recovering well from having a large chunk of bark frayed off by a roe buck) or a large side branch being removed. Here's a pick of one of mine, probably about 30 years old.
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    Assuming the poster is in the UK then it would be very unliekly to be Xylella. I would grow olives in the UK in free draining soil in full sun. Just checking the RHS advice ( https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?pid=138 ) it says waterlogging can be a problem and cause root rotting. Are you sure they are dead, olives can regrow from seemingly dead wood.
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    Any pics? Where are they, what soil are they planted in (not too wet etc), any signs of disease, any damage etc?
  10. Paul in the woods
    See p4 in this tread: https://arbtalk.co.uk/forums/topic/119667-stihl-500i-mods/page/4/ (Or read the instruction booklet).
  11. Paul in the woods
    https://butterfly-conservation.org/moths/puss-moth Does sounds a likely suspect.
  12. Paul in the woods
    That's why I asked, the pop hawk moth 'pillars often eat some willows. Looking at the colouring though I'd guess elephant hawk moth and the 'pillars feed on bedstraws and willow herb so worth knowing what was growing around the tree.
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    I know you get clothes moths but didn't think anything ate synthetic rope. Looks like some form of hawk moth, anoying but rather interesting. What tree did you take down?
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    Do you always pay the full price on a new car, chipper or whatever or haggle? It could be that the person wants to make sure they've got the best price and if you say you can't lower it they're happy that they've asked.
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    Pear rust, Gymnosporangium sabinae. If you google it you get pics that match yours. Here's the RHS advice, I've not seen it myself. Pear rust WWW.RHS.ORG.UK European pear rust is a fungal disease of pear trees, causing bright orange spots on the leaves. It also affects junipers...
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    I've had a look at some historical auction prices and I'd say only about £50, poss £100 depending on size and condition in an auction. I'm sure someone would pay more for it if it was in a shop.
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    Yep, she'll pick her own raspberries, blackberries, peas, tomatoes, apples etc; eat bird and animal droppings etc but I've not noticed her take any interest in fungi. Does yours? I had worried a little as I suspect there are liberty caps about the place. Last thing I want is a normally mad lab having a trip.
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    I still think it's a bolete of some sort. I note one of @David Humphries suggestions flushes pink on cutting. Do you have a photo of the underside and the outside of the stalk?
  19. Paul in the woods
    I've not heard of it being a problem to dogs either. Owning a walking dustbin myself (Labrador) who helps herself to various items from the garden I've never noticed her eat or have any interest in fungi.
  20. Paul in the woods
    Looks like meripilus giganteus.
  21. Paul in the woods
    I was going to say the same, a pic from underneath and ideally one cut through. They don't look the right colour or pattern on top for a rust gill.
  22. Paul in the woods
    The yellow 'shoots' look like the old flower/fruit stalks. Personally I'd not raise the soil level around an existing tree/shrub but I'd wait to hear from the more qualified people.
  23. Paul in the woods
    Well, as a potential customer, I've not heard anything. If I didn't read Arbtalk I'd have no idea about the Woodsure scheme. Being a remote property, i.e. not on mains gas, I often get stuff from the council offering grants for a new oil boiler (ones where someone pockets the grant and the boiler costs more to install than if I did it myself). But I've not had anything about Woodsure or efficient wood burners.
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    Worth a read as I learnt the id from one of David's posts a while back.
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    Anomorphic form of Fistulina hepatica?

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