Toine, those are beautiful shots! Chestnuts were the dominant tree species here in Pennsylvania (and many other areas in the US) until a fungal blight arrived in 1904. Our house, built in 1886, has chestnut woodwork throughout. It is so resistant to rot that even our window frames are in fairly good shape.
Some stands of blight-resistant chestnut have been planted experimentally, but of course it will be years before their fate is clear. The European chestnut (fortunately for all of you across the pond) has been rescued by a virus that is a blight on the fungus. There’s some poetic justice there… Rick > On Jan 10, 2023, at 7:59 AM, Toine <[email protected]> wrote: > > Very nice (set). Many chestnut have some kind of disease which is fatal. > > On Tue, 10 Jan 2023 at 13:52, Henk Terhell <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Did I say 4 m diameter? It is 4 m circumference of course. >> >> Op di 10 jan. 2023 om 12:12 schreef Henk Terhell <[email protected]>: >> >>> There is a huge horse chestnut tree standing in the lane in front of our >>> house, more than 4 m diameter and almost a century old. A few weeks ago I >>> noticed the arrival of tiny mushrooms in splits of the bark at both sides >>> of the tree. Though these mushrooms (velvet shank or Flammulina >> velutipes) >>> are getting beautiful, I'm concerned about the fate of this tree. I've >>> asked the community services for an expert to inspect the tree before it >> is >>> too late and parts will tumble in the wrong direction during a storm. >>> https://flic.kr/p/2oavVJ3 >>> Henk >>> >> -- >> %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
