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  1. Michael h
    looks like classic Chalara symptoms on that Ash. It's ripping through young stuff like this on my patch cheers Mike
  2. Michael h
    A Myxo was my first thought as well but on zooming in the texture is much more like sparassis. I've never seen dogs vomit with that texture before. The area to the right certainly makes it look a developing slime mould but i wondered if that was the mushroom degrading of being attacked by slugs/other fungus. I've never seen sparassis in the flesh myself so just speculating cheers mike
  3. Michael h
    Schizophyllum commune (split gill fungus) would be my suggestion for the last two. Cauliflower fungus (sparassis crispa) and turkey tail for the other two cheers Mike
  4. Michael h
    Hi Lee That's a fungus called chicken of the woods (Laetiporus sulphureus) which causes an internal rot. fairly slow in my experience and if tree is healthy it can adapt. the union of the main branches is also of concern. You could give it a tap with a rubber mallet to get an idea of how solid it is. I'd suggest you get it looked at by a qualified local arboriculturalist cheers mike
  5. Michael h
    Possibly Wood Bristle-moss
  6. Michael h
    My vote goes to Exidia Glandulosa. if you zoom in you can see the characteristic pimples which are not present in jelly ear. The form/habit also fits better for exidia. i see it fairly frequently on fallen Oak branches with bark still attached
  7. Michael h
    this pastel picture of an old stump is on my wall at home. done by a little known artist called Eric Hancock (known by me as grandad). He gave it two names; "Shattered Bole" and "Guardian of Loughrigg Tarn"
  8. Michael h
    This is a picture of the top of a cypress on one of my sites, by artist Matilda Bevan It is 3 X 4 METERS!! and done with a 6B pencil. (maybe more than one)
  9. Michael h
    Maybe i should have said, why was an awesome dude with a big saw, asked to drop it. just asking coz the last time i saw colour like that in beech it was from a meripilus infected tree. This is the one i put in the video forum recently. cheers Mike
  10. Michael h
    That's some lovely colour in that. Was Meripilus involved in the tree's demise by any chance? cheers Mike
  11. Michael h
    There is currently a debate on "threats to native trees" happening in the house of lords, live on the BBC Parliament channel. Cheers Mike
  12. Michael h
    i came to the same ID when looking earlier. google images It is a formerly extinct species in the UK, which has reestablished from European migrants Apparently a potentially significant pest and Forest Research have a reporting scheme. the county moth recorder would also probably be interested about it cheers Mike
  13. Michael h
    Having had a closer look, i don't think it is scizophyllum (shame, it's an interesting fungus) how about Phlebia tremellosa, not one i know but there are some pics online which show a similar form cheers mike
  14. Michael h
    Schizophylum commune (split gill fungus) perhaps. looks like it's being parasitised by a second fungus, accounting for the different appearance of the lower portion
  15. Michael h
    A beech with meripulus we had to take down about 5 years ago in Heaton Park, Newcastle. just posting now so Mark Armstrong has the provenance for the piece he got today. https://youtu.be/5naCTKziIJI
  16. Michael h
    I've only ever seen it on "processed" wood. it appears to be immune to some traditional wood preservatives and so becomes the dominant fungus involved in the decay of "treated" timber. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/240352151_Tolerance_of_wood_decay_fungi_to_commercial_copper_based_wood_preservatives https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1057/palgrave.jba.2940035.pdf Mike
  17. Michael h
    Hi Samuel These are Spaeroblasts, quite common on holly. Sphaeroblast - Wikipedia EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG
  18. Michael h
    HI Mark i work as a ranger for Urban Green Newcastle, we are a Charity that looks after many of the parks and countryside sites in Newcastle. We've got various logs lying around that i've been wanting to mill when i get a chance (beech, yew, oak, cherry, sycamore) and we've also got some big stuff scheduled to come out which should have some nice slabs in it. I'm pretty sure we have a couple of dry Oak slabs in the shed but they may already have a purpose, i'll check. let me know what you're after Mike

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