No, Henk is the photographer. I would wish those were mine! On Tue, 10 Jan 2023 at 15:49, Rick Womer <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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. -- %(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.
