I believe they are caused by the larva of a wood boring beetle. It lives in the central chamber and eats out radiating channels in the sapwood just beneath the bark.
However, I am willing to be corrected. Max Novels by Max and/or Ariana Overton http://www.maxoverton.com The Lion of Scythia Trilogy (Lion of Scythia, The Golden King, Funeral in Babylon) - EPPIE winners 2005 and 2006; The Glass House Trilogy (Glass House, A Glass Darkly, Looking Glass) - Eppie finalists; A Cry of Shadows, The Devil is in the Details, Trapdoor, Tapestry, Scarab - Akhenaten (Book 1 of the Amarnan Kings), Scarab - Smenkhkare (Book 2 of the Amarnan Kings), Scarab - Tutankhamen (Book 3 of the Amarnan Kings), Scarab - Ay (Book 4 of the Amarnan Kings), Rakshasa, Glass Continuum, Ascension Works in Progress: Djinn, Scarab - Horemheb (Book 5 of the Amarnan Kings), Sequestered Also check out http://julesphotographiccreations.blogspot.com/ > Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2009 15:01:54 +0530 > Subject: [indiantreepix:20349] Marks left by Bracket Fungi? > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > Found this interesting log in Bannarghatta Forest.04-10-09.What could > the marks be due to? > Would like some info. > Thanks. > Ranjini Kamath > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
