Ganoderma On Horse Chestnut - Aesculus hippocastanum

Ganoderma On Horse Chestnut - Aesculus hippocastanum

Ganoderma On Horse Chestnut - Aesculus hippocastanum

Armillaria - Honey fungus on Chestnut Clapham Common

Armillaria - Honey fungus on Chestnut Clapham Common

Aesculus - Chestnut

Chestnut Brockwell Park

Chestnut Buds

• Bark: Smooth gray  becoming shallow fissured squarish blocks
• Buds: shiny, sharp pointed with sticky gum
• Fruit: Nuts husk covered with bristles
• Leaves: Opposite, Palmate

Chestnut Tree Brockwell Park

Chestnut Tree Brockwell Park

A few pictures of a Chestnut tree Brockwell Park from a distance this tree seems fine but as you get closer its easy to see the tree has a few problems.  Fungal brackets - ganoderma and nematodes or something, check the video out, if I ever get it uploaded.

If anyone has an opinion on whether the worms are nematodes or not let me know.

Rosendale Road, Chestnut tree

Tree had fallen early morning.  No indication  of problems can be seen in canopy of tree.  Cavity on trunk has years of callous wood, after cutting trunk above and below cavity it was easy to see the cavity is the start point for the soft soggy wood.  The wood above the cavity was solid although the tree had walled off the decay.

click Read More below to see the soggy wood.