i am sorry if people thought i was posting the subject too many times, but i was using opera to post, and every time i tried it timed out, therefore i never realised it had gone through, when i tried with explorer it went thro first time.......strange. many thanks to all who have looked and answered, and in answer to a little wobbly, wifey has insisted that do no "joining". the whytony website is where i put little programs that i can access on my travels as a puter engineer, or it was, technology has made it redundant somewhat.for those who havent seen the update, the photos are now at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/96857200@N00/

the fungus is on the right of the tree, and the branches and trunk look fine
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again many thanx