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Honey Fungus
Hi,
Please can you provide me with information on the honey fungus? Kind Regards Mr. Smith |
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Sterile the effected area, remove the honey fungus from your garden,
don't compost it take it off site. Then pray, honey fungus usually attacks mainly damage trees, fruit trees and ornematal fruit trees and any of the malus family (by the roots). hope this helps. Mr Smith wrote: Hi, Please can you provide me with information on the honey fungus? Kind Regards Mr. Smith |
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Danielle wrote Please can you provide me with information on the honey fungus? Yes, these people can...... http://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile...ney_fungus.asp http://www.organicgardening.org.uk/factsheets/dc19.php http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honey_fungus http://fungus.org.uk/nwfg/armnov01.htm There are others, and a Google Search will get you them. -- Regards Bob H 17mls W. of London.UK |
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"Peat-Lomas" wrote in message ups.com... Sterile the effected area, remove the honey fungus from your garden, don't compost it take it off site. Then pray, honey fungus usually attacks mainly damage trees, fruit trees and ornematal fruit trees and any of the malus family (by the roots). hope this helps. That's always said but it hasn't been our experience so perhaps it isn't always as virulent or damaging as its reputation. We had some growing at the base of a shed by the stump of a Russian Vine. We didn't know what it was until (we were told) it was too late. We'd watched the quite large clump from the first stages through maturity and eventually falling over, dark brown and slimy, then it simply disappeared. This was four years ago, we've seen no evidence since and there are malus, prunus, medlar and other trees in our garden and neighbours' which are flourishing as ever. It wasn't an error in identification, because we like to eat fungi which appear in our garden we identify those we don't recognise. I sent photographs of the fungus in its prime to an environmentalist and after her positive id (she also said some folk eat it but we didn't have chance) we found it in books and websites, there was no doubt. Of course we were nervous that it might be spreading but there was no way we could uproot the shed or dig the garden up at that time so we just had to be vigilant in watching for new growth in subsequent years. There haven't been any. That doesn't mean that the OP shouldn't be careful of course, it's just our experience. Mary |
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On 30/8/06 10:10, in article
, "Mary Fisher" wrote: "Peat-Lomas" wrote in message ups.com... Sterile the effected area, remove the honey fungus from your garden, don't compost it take it off site. Then pray, honey fungus usually attacks mainly damage trees, fruit trees and ornematal fruit trees and any of the malus family (by the roots). hope this helps. That's always said but it hasn't been our experience so perhaps it isn't always as virulent or damaging as its reputation. One of the easiest ways to identify it is by the black 'bootlaces' that spread under the grass and towards other trees. One of the plants most susceptible to honey fungus is lilac and it's true that it tends to attack damaged trees or shrubs. That said, honey fungus is spread over an enormous area without most of us us even being aware of its presence most of the time. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/ |
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"Sacha" wrote in message ... One of the easiest ways to identify it is by the black 'bootlaces' that spread under the grass and towards other trees. That was another symptom we confirmed. One of the plants most susceptible to honey fungus is lilac and it's true that it tends to attack damaged trees or shrubs. That said, honey fungus is spread over an enormous area without most of us us even being aware of its presence most of the time. Yes, that seems to be the current received wisdom. Mary |
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"Bob Hobden" wrote in message ... Danielle wrote Please can you provide me with information on the honey fungus? Yes, these people can...... http://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile...ney_fungus.asp http://www.organicgardening.org.uk/factsheets/dc19.php http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honey_fungus http://fungus.org.uk/nwfg/armnov01.htm There are others, and a Google Search will get you them. -- Regards Bob H 17mls W. of London.UK Read about it check on sensitive species etc. Do not plant these where you have taken out infected plants but don't be too worried about it. It does not travel if ground is cultivated, but take care not to damage roots of sensitive species. Honey fungus is all over the place and has destroyed mono cultures growing out of their natural range (larch in Scotland) and this may given it its reputation. We have lost forsythia and a hydrangea to honey fungus. We took out a white willow which was affected and have a pinus nigra which survives but shows a line of fruiting bodies along one of the roots. Other trees in the garden are thriving. The forsythia was killed quite suddenly, but it and the hydragea had been under stress for a number of years. The willow had ailed for a number of years but it had been planted on a dry bank-a rather unsuitable position. Regards David T |
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