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Fungus on tree stump
I had a tree cut down a couple of years ago. Stump still in situ.
It has developed some fungi, but I don't think it's honey fungus; too orangey. I've seen HF before and Googled pictures. Any ideas what I might do to get rid of it? Armillatox? TIA Pam in Bristol |
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Fungus on tree stump
On Sun, 07 Feb 2010 15:53:08 +0000, Pam Moore
wrote: I had a tree cut down a couple of years ago. Stump still in situ. It has developed some fungi, but I don't think it's honey fungus; too orangey. I've seen HF before and Googled pictures. Any ideas what I might do to get rid of it? Armillatox? TIA If the stump is dead then it will decay, and the fungus is part of that natural process. Even if you kill off the visible fungus there will be more out of sight below ground. Either you must dig up the stump entirely, or let nature take its course. |
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Fungus on tree stump
Pam Moore writes
I had a tree cut down a couple of years ago. Stump still in situ. It has developed some fungi, but I don't think it's honey fungus; too orangey. I've seen HF before and Googled pictures. Any ideas what I might do to get rid of it? Armillatox? TIA Out of curiosity, if you don't think it's honey fungus, why do you want to get rid of it? -- Kay |
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Fungus on tree stump
On Sun, 07 Feb 2010 16:24:13 +0000, Fuschia
wrote: On Sun, 07 Feb 2010 15:53:08 +0000, Pam Moore wrote: I had a tree cut down a couple of years ago. Stump still in situ. It has developed some fungi, but I don't think it's honey fungus; too orangey. I've seen HF before and Googled pictures. Any ideas what I might do to get rid of it? Armillatox? TIA If the stump is dead then it will decay, and the fungus is part of that natural process. Even if you kill off the visible fungus there will be more out of sight below ground. Either you must dig up the stump entirely, or let nature take its course. I should have worded my question differently and asked whether I need to do anything. I'm quite aware that this is part of the process of the stump decaying. If it is OK to leave it to do its work, I shall no worry about it. If Pam in Bristol |
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Fungus on tree stump
In article , Sacha wrote:
Pam, I find this interesting site which shows pics of the more dangerous fungi. It might help set your mind at rest - I hope! Sigh, when oh when will I stop doing that.....! http://www.helpwithtrees.co.uk/Fungi.htm What they don't say is that pretty well the only reason for action is if the tree is likely to be dangerous. The spores of the common ones are ubiquitous and carried by the wind, so removing the ones growing on stumps doesn't help much, if at all. And, once soil-born fungi are in your soil, there is damn all you can do except to plant less sensitive species. So doing nothing is generally recommended .... Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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Fungus on tree stump
Sacha wrote in :
On 2010-02-08 11:35:38 +0000, Sacha said: On 2010-02-08 11:15:05 +0000, Pam Moore said: On Sun, 07 Feb 2010 16:24:13 +0000, Fuschia wrote: On Sun, 07 Feb 2010 15:53:08 +0000, Pam Moore wrote: I had a tree cut down a couple of years ago. Stump still in situ. It has developed some fungi, but I don't think it's honey fungus; too orangey. I've seen HF before and Googled pictures. Any ideas what I might do to get rid of it? Armillatox? TIA If the stump is dead then it will decay, and the fungus is part of that natural process. Even if you kill off the visible fungus there will be more out of sight below ground. Either you must dig up the stump entirely, or let nature take its course. I should have worded my question differently and asked whether I need to do anything. I'm quite aware that this is part of the process of the stump decaying. If it is OK to leave it to do its work, I shall no worry about it. If Pam in Bristol Pam, I find this interesting site which shows pics of the more dangerous fungi. It might help set your mind at rest - I hope! Sigh, when oh when will I stop doing that.....! http://www.helpwithtrees.co.uk/Fungi.htm Be caution of those photos: honey fungus is notoriously variable in appearance. Consider looking at http://www.rogersmushrooms.com/ to help identify fungi. BTW, if it is "chicken of the woods" then you might like to consider eating your way out of trouble. Well, I exaggerate, of course, but before it becomes too woody it is delicious. Last one I collected was between the lion and tige enclosures at Longleat - an obliging employee pulled it off the tree for me |
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Fungus on tree stump
Pam Moore wrote:
I had a tree cut down a couple of years ago. Stump still in situ. It has developed some fungi, but I don't think it's honey fungus; too orangey. I've seen HF before and Googled pictures. Any ideas what I might do to get rid of it? Armillatox? It would help if you said what the tree was - many - most - fungi are fairly host-specific. If you could post a pic somewhere, it would help too. Failing anyone here knowing, point alt.nature.mushrooms at the pic. -- Rusty |
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Sacha wrote:
Other than consulting a tree surgeon, no. But I was thinking more of it being useful in ID-ing the fungus. Whereas I'm thinking: /I don't know of any poisonous mushrooms which grow directly on wood, so I'd be looking to see if it's edible/ -- Rusty |
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On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:40:17 +0000, Rusty Hinge
wrote: Pam Moore wrote: I had a tree cut down a couple of years ago. Stump still in situ. It has developed some fungi, but I don't think it's honey fungus; too orangey. I've seen HF before and Googled pictures. Any ideas what I might do to get rid of it? Armillatox? It would help if you said what the tree was - many - most - fungi are fairly host-specific. If you could post a pic somewhere, it would help too. Failing anyone here knowing, point alt.nature.mushrooms at the pic. It was a Judas tree (cercis siliquastrum) which outgrew its space. It's taken me an hour or so, but I've put 3 photos on flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pamsnz/ If they are edible, well that would be great. These are added to my New Zealand photos from 2 years ago. I've not touched the site since! Also added are the very early snowdrops I asked about which were well up and in bud before the snow in early January. Perhaps no distinguishing features as they were not in full bloom when I took the photo a couple of weeks ago. TIA Pam in Bristol |
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Fungus on tree stump
Pam Moore wrote in
: On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:40:17 +0000, Rusty Hinge wrote: Pam Moore wrote: I had a tree cut down a couple of years ago. Stump still in situ. It has developed some fungi, but I don't think it's honey fungus; too orangey. I've seen HF before and Googled pictures. Any ideas what I might do to get rid of it? Armillatox? It would help if you said what the tree was - many - most - fungi are fairly host-specific. If you could post a pic somewhere, it would help too. Failing anyone here knowing, point alt.nature.mushrooms at the pic. It was a Judas tree (cercis siliquastrum) which outgrew its space. It's taken me an hour or so, but I've put 3 photos on flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pamsnz/ If they are edible, well that would be great. These are added to my New Zealand photos from 2 years ago. I've not touched the site since! Also added are the very early snowdrops I asked about which were well up and in bud before the snow in early January. Perhaps no distinguishing features as they were not in full bloom when I took the photo a couple of weeks ago. TIA Have a look at http://www.rogersmushrooms.com/gallery/chooser.asp which implicitly indicates some characteristics used when identifying fungi. I'd tentatively consider sulphur tuft. |
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