Hey Look at My Crud...
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evo
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I’d eat em
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I’d lick that
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Smells putrid, bolted through it. We’ll see
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Don’t know? Ganoderma applanatum and a strip of dead wood on the main stem. Loctus.
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I call her bug, so it counts right? 
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Oooh
I wanna slab that and eat off of it
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Looks like it had been used as sacrifice offering bowl! Nice choice for the one who birthed you.
KTSmith
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Lovely bowl! What does "salted" mean in the above sense? Are the black dots Ambrosia beetle tunnels? I reckon they may be the induction stimulus for the red discoloration. I'd be interested in knowing if the red staining will stay red!
Woops, autocorrect strikes again.
Spalted
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Sorry, I should have recognized "spalted" in there. I usually limit that to wood that is bleached and/or containing zone lines. But I don't know precisely how ace woodworkers use the term.
Thanks for the Morse article, I reviewed an early draft of that one. I have no quibble with it. I've spoken with coauthor Bob Blanchette on that, a real giant in wood decay research. They did isolate specific fungi in the streaks, but they were more the effect than the cause of the staining. Sure, their statement on "nonspecific wounding" is patho-speak for that all sorts of wounding agents induce the same colors. No problem there! I was just seeing those black bits that looked like ambrosia beetle tunnels.
Indeed lovely woodworking!
Thanks for the Morse article, I reviewed an early draft of that one. I have no quibble with it. I've spoken with coauthor Bob Blanchette on that, a real giant in wood decay research. They did isolate specific fungi in the streaks, but they were more the effect than the cause of the staining. Sure, their statement on "nonspecific wounding" is patho-speak for that all sorts of wounding agents induce the same colors. No problem there! I was just seeing those black bits that looked like ambrosia beetle tunnels.
Indeed lovely woodworking!
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This is one I’m trying to figure out. I find it only on western hemlock somewhat commonly. I also associate it with stem failures 10-40’ or so. Nearly always occurs on branch stubs or pruning cuts.
I’m leaning that it’s some type of yeast wet wood, perhaps associated with some sort of brittle stem decay.
ANY input is very welcome. @southsoundtree @guymayor @Evan Sussman @KTSmith
I’m leaning that it’s some type of yeast wet wood, perhaps associated with some sort of brittle stem decay.
ANY input is very welcome. @southsoundtree @guymayor @Evan Sussman @KTSmith
