max starts with ...
I was attempting to identify the growth which has appeared on my troubled walnut tree and the images shown in web examples of Aphyllophorales suggest it might be a Split-Gill (schizophyllaceae)
My problem is I bought the tree with the house about thirty years ago, healthy fruit bearing (about two buckets each year) and a canopy about 15m, (50ft).
Over the last few years one or two large limbs have died and these rows of fungus appear on them but I'm unsure of which came first. Does the fungus kill the branch? or grow on the dead wood which may have been killed by something else?
I only have about one third of a tree left for summer shade and cannot find any deciduous equivalent, so I would like to save the tree if I can. Any suggestions or advice would be appreciated!
Thanks Max
I was attempting to identify the growth which has appeared on my troubled walnut tree and the images shown in web examples of Aphyllophorales suggest it might be a Split-Gill (schizophyllaceae)
My problem is I bought the tree with the house about thirty years ago, healthy fruit bearing (about two buckets each year) and a canopy about 15m, (50ft).
Over the last few years one or two large limbs have died and these rows of fungus appear on them but I'm unsure of which came first. Does the fungus kill the branch? or grow on the dead wood which may have been killed by something else?
I only have about one third of a tree left for summer shade and cannot find any deciduous equivalent, so I would like to save the tree if I can. Any suggestions or advice would be appreciated!
Thanks Max
| Pictures - Click to enlarge | ||
 Picture: 1 |  Picture: 2 |  Picture: 3 |
 Picture: 4 | ||
max
South Australia
4th July 2009 2:01am
#UserID: 2520
amanda says...
Hi Max - I found this great site:
www.mushroomobserver.org
If u join up (free) and log your photos there are heaps of people who enjoy identifying them for u! It's really interesting.
Otherwise Speedy will probably know what they are.
Hi Max - I found this great site:
www.mushroomobserver.org
If u join up (free) and log your photos there are heaps of people who enjoy identifying them for u! It's really interesting.
Otherwise Speedy will probably know what they are.
amanda
geraldton.WA
4th July 2009 11:52am
#UserID: 2309
View All amanda's Edible Fruit Trees
max
South Australia
4th July 2009 1:54pm
#UserID: 2520
amanda
geraldton.WA
6th July 2009 1:59pm
#UserID: 2309
View All amanda's Edible Fruit Trees
amanda
geraldton.WA
6th July 2009 8:56pm
#UserID: 2309
View All amanda's Edible Fruit Trees
Speedy says...
It's funny you say that Amanda, cause that fungus sort of can eat you...
It's been known to cause basidioneuromycosis in humans, so don't go sniffing it Max.
I don't think it's too big a deal if you're in good health, but why tempt fate eh?
http://journals.lww.com/op-rs/Abstract/2005/01000/Sphenocavernous_Syndrome_Associated_With.15.aspx
http://jcm.asm.org/cgi/reprint/34/7/1628.pdf
It's funny you say that Amanda, cause that fungus sort of can eat you...
It's been known to cause basidioneuromycosis in humans, so don't go sniffing it Max.
I don't think it's too big a deal if you're in good health, but why tempt fate eh?
http://journals.lww.com/op-rs/Abstract/2005/01000/Sphenocavernous_Syndrome_Associated_With.15.aspx
http://jcm.asm.org/cgi/reprint/34/7/1628.pdf
Speedy
Swan Hill, Vic
6th July 2009 9:56pm
#UserID: 2305
max says...
Thanks Speedy for getting back to me and thanks to Amanda also for following it up.
Just my luck to get something so common and threatening too!
My problem is I have been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis since 1989 and use a wheel chair. My immune system is lower than most so I am unable to either dig it out myself, or as a pensioner pay someone two months income to remove it, and it is literally growing outside my back door!!
Best I can hope for is a misguided missile to napalm the tree without touching the house, never know your luck in a big city eh!
Cheers,Max
Thanks Speedy for getting back to me and thanks to Amanda also for following it up.
Just my luck to get something so common and threatening too!
My problem is I have been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis since 1989 and use a wheel chair. My immune system is lower than most so I am unable to either dig it out myself, or as a pensioner pay someone two months income to remove it, and it is literally growing outside my back door!!
Best I can hope for is a misguided missile to napalm the tree without touching the house, never know your luck in a big city eh!
Cheers,Max
| Pictures - Click to enlarge | ||
 Picture: 1 |  Picture: 2 | |
max
South Australia
13th July 2009 4:18pm
#UserID: 2520
amanda says...
Hi Max - sorry to hear about your diagnosis....there must b someone who can help u? try your local council? My aunty gets 2 hrs free gardening on a regular basis thru some pensioner program in Perth. That tree looks like it's very close to your house also.
I hope u have some luck...try asking around - there might b some one who can at least come n spray it 4 u.
Hi Max - sorry to hear about your diagnosis....there must b someone who can help u? try your local council? My aunty gets 2 hrs free gardening on a regular basis thru some pensioner program in Perth. That tree looks like it's very close to your house also.
I hope u have some luck...try asking around - there might b some one who can at least come n spray it 4 u.
amanda
geraldton.WA
14th July 2009 10:21am
#UserID: 2309
View All amanda's Edible Fruit Trees
Jimmy
14th July 2009 10:51am
#UserID: 2548
View All Jimmy's Edible Fruit Trees
Speedy
Swan Hill, Vic
14th July 2009 8:51pm
#UserID: 2305
Julie
Roleystone WA
15th July 2009 7:36pm
#UserID: 0
max says...
Sounds like you would all be great neighbours instead of the bogans with band practice. Thank you everyone for your input; I contacted the Botanic Gardens but everyone has become so specialised the tree specialist doesn;t know about fungi and the fungi person doesn't deal with trees etc. I'll give the council a ring tommorrow and see how it goes; and Speedy if you do come to Adelaide I live 30mins away from 54 wineries and have my own chainsaw, though it's not needed for Cellar door entry.
Sounds like you would all be great neighbours instead of the bogans with band practice. Thank you everyone for your input; I contacted the Botanic Gardens but everyone has become so specialised the tree specialist doesn;t know about fungi and the fungi person doesn't deal with trees etc. I'll give the council a ring tommorrow and see how it goes; and Speedy if you do come to Adelaide I live 30mins away from 54 wineries and have my own chainsaw, though it's not needed for Cellar door entry.
| Pictures - Click to enlarge | ||
 Picture: 1 | ||
max
South Australia
16th July 2009 1:52am
#UserID: 2520
amanda
geraldton.WA
16th July 2009 9:52pm
#UserID: 2309
View All amanda's Edible Fruit Trees
Speedy says...
OK Max I'll let you know before I come over... just in case the 'Bogans next door' haven't helped you out in the mean time.
And I think the wineries will have to be AFTER the chainsaw thing or it could get messy.
I dont faint at the sight of blood but I haven't tested my mettle on 'severed limbs while drunk!' LOL :-)
OK Max I'll let you know before I come over... just in case the 'Bogans next door' haven't helped you out in the mean time.
And I think the wineries will have to be AFTER the chainsaw thing or it could get messy.
I dont faint at the sight of blood but I haven't tested my mettle on 'severed limbs while drunk!' LOL :-)
Speedy
Swan Hill, Vic
17th July 2009 10:36am
#UserID: 2305