the strangest thing
is it just me or is fungi ultra-fast? where there wasnt any when i posted it theres heaps of growth, and where it was, tis back to the start of the cycle! though the spores higher up havent come to anything yet. i shouldnt be suprised i did supposedly study fungi at uni this year but forgive me for being so naive haha. theres also a rather suspicious sticky substance in places but as far as i know it could be insects?
the tree looks so healthy from a distance but im told they often do just before there time comes...rather grim. theres even new shoots on many branches. however, the cavitys are a lot deeper than i first thought, and theres a fair bit of rotten wood (when we got a local arborist to look at it in recent years he told us to try and dig it out to no avail), but the tree is at least 2 meters in diamater so im not too worried about its stability atm. we did used to have a tree-house in it when we were kids the remains of which are still there but im certain thats no damage to structure. the recent addition of a pond near the base of the trunk may have made it too moist thus adding to fungal problems and wood rot.
anyhow, here's some more pictures (over a few posts sorry) of the beautiful, but dying Shinus molle thanks all.
have a good one! all the best, em.
