Oak Tree with Fungal Brackets possibly Sulphur Polypore Latest

Oak Tree with Fungal Brackets

Oak Tree with Fungal Brackets possibly Sulphur Polypore Latest photos taken approximately 2 weeks after the first.  They have grown some since and started to look more like the form they will take.

Definitely a wood rotter with the amount of hollow wood in a couple of the buttress roots.

Oak Tree with Fungal Brackets

see the first pictures

Oak Tree with Fungal Brackets possibly Sulphur Polypore

Oak Tree with Fungal Brackets

At this stage  this Oak Tree with Fungal Brackets possibly Sulphur Polypore is difficult to identify.  The yellow of the brackets immediately suggests Laetiporus sulphurus, however, the round shape of the brackets is not consistent with other pictures I have taken of this Polypore.

Root Flare behind bracket is hollow

The root flare behind this bracket is hollow.  More or less impossible to spot without the bright color of the bracket standing out against the dark bark of this Oak tree.

Oak Processionary Moth - Thaumetopoea processionea

The Oak Processionary Moth causes a nuisance where ever it is.

Oak Processionary Moth larvae from Google Images 

Are you ready for the hairy little blighters?

If you have an Oak tree in your garden or have a favorite tree in a local park or green space, it could be at risk from this invasive species.

Millions are spent each year in an effort to lessen the risk........

Quercus - Oak Tree Brockwell Park

Quercus robur - Oak Tree Brockwell Park

This has to be one of the oldest trees in Lambeth, a fantastic tree with huge stems on an even bigger trunk.  Definitely worth a look

Quercus robur - Oak Tree Brockwell Park

 Looking Up Stem

Quercus - Oak

Quercus robur - English Oak

• Bark: Deep Knobbly Ridges, Grayish Black
• Buds: Chestnut To Reddish Brown, plump, scales
• Fruit: Acorn
• Leaves: Alternate, Simple