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Thank you Jules, very pragmatic.

I unfortunately saw a chicken get partially run over by a very slow moving tractor once, before I could get to the chicken to put it out of its misery a handful of other chickens pounced on it and were redistributing its innards to the 4 corners of the world. Absolutely ruthless, thank god they're not 6 feet high, let alone 60.

Chickens should keep the voles down/ away if you wanted an incentive to keep some. I worked in a large orchard for a while that had a couple of thousand laying hens and they would go for anything, I never saw any problems with vole damage.

Good morning all I am doing a piece of a coursework and was hoping for some advice from seasoned professionals. I appreciate there will be variables such as size, condition and location but I wondered what would someones re-inspection period be for a recently monolithed tree, either standing deadwood or live, in the vicinity of a well used footpath for example. I have got my own thoughts but am conscious of spilling out a 100 permutations in an attempt to cover all bases. Thank you Christian

Thank you David, looking at Psuedoinonotus dryadeus that makes sense with the form and location. I've got a few trees on my radar with old fruiting bodies like that, hopefully by keeping an eye on them I'll get to see a fresh one at some point. I appreciate the pointers 👍

Evening all I was hoping someone could be kind enough to offer some opinions on ID? The top pair I believe to be some sort of Fomes but am struggling? The middle pair are located on an oak, with fruiting bodies much of the way round the butt, all coming out from in between the buttresses. Does the location indicate decay of the butt/ lower stem heartwood and a lack of in the buttresses? Perhaps Ganoderma adspersum? The bottom I believe are Flammulina velutipes, I just thought they looked nice so would share them.

These ones were on grassland beneath Scots pine, possibly on the the line of roots.

Good evening all Not the most exciting fungi to look at but I was hoping someone could help with some ID? The below were on the woodland floor, deciduous and in an area with quite a lot of light.

Afternoon all I'm currently doing a L4 Arb course with Treelife and have been browsing on here a bit recently. Sure I'll be doing more stalking than contributing but thought I'd at least say hello 👋

Really interesting to see the progression, thank you.