#FungiFriday#Mushtodon + a cheat for #ThickTrunkTuesday
I see lots of #fungi on #trees living and dead here, and lots of #mushrooms on the ground or fallen wood, but I do not often see regular looking, stemmed mushrooms on standing trees! In fact I think I've only seen it once before, and it was quite near this one- in a stand of Populus balsamifera /Balsam Poplar, in moist/mesic mixed woods on the farm. I forget, for sure, but this may be a dead standing tree. @nature#BorealForest#Alberta
@cohanf Good Morning Conan! Those look huge. Not something I’ve seen. Not that high up anyway. I think I’ll bet on the shrooms winning… 🥇Have a great Sunday! @nature
@jeanoappleseed@nature I haven't seen it much, either, still looks odd! I forget for sure, but think the tree was dead. Both of our native poplars tend to be not super long lived and end up full of fungus (though they do get larger than this one)
@mk30@plants The @PleaseCaption would like me to inform you, dear reader, that this photo #Alt4You is like 90% leaves. As a non-tropical dweller, I'd say the leaves look like what would happen if a walnut and a fig got together and made a baby. Deep green multi-leaves with long pointy ends. Bits of sky and cloud make up the other 10%.
@ecoscore@plants@gardening no worries, I am intensely OCD about plant origins and their local climate bc many of my plants have a dry season that may or may not align with cooler temps. ❤️
Today’s reminder that we are still very far from knowing everything: I have just found an odd gap in the scientific literature: the specific mechanisms of generating root pressure in trees and how this relates to the force that tree roots can exert on their surroundings (eg pavements/sidewalks), and what those forces actually are. As far as I can see, having done an extensive literature search, nothing has been done on this since the 1970s. Zilch. Not a sausage. Frustrating! #science#trees
After a month off to move house and do family things, I'm back, and I can't wait to be getting out with my camera more often again. Anyway, here's one from the Forêt d'Andaine, Normandy, France.
Preparing some seeds for cold stratification. First step: an overnight bath.
From left to right: Siberian Pine, Giant Sequoia, Metasequoia.
I have no idea experience with the Siberian Pine and Metasequoia so will be following the same method I use for Giant Sequoia. Anyone with experience on how this is wrong: do share! 🙂
To Speak for the Trees: My Life's Journey from Ancient Celtic Wisdom to a Healing Vision of the Forest
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