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Fungal decay of dead elms
Author(s) -
Gibbs J. N.,
Clare Gulliver C.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
european journal of forest pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.535
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1439-0329
pISSN - 0300-1237
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0329.1977.tb00580.x
Subject(s) - biology , inoculation , botany , dead tree , flammulina , ceratocystis , procera , basidiomycota , horticulture , ecology , mushroom , fungus
The pattern of decay developing in Ulmns procera killed by Ceratocystis ulmi was examined . Flammulina velutipes had caused some decay and discolouration in most trees which had been dead for more than two years. Decay caused by Pleurotus sapidus was less common. Pleurotus palmatus was frequently isolated from wood in the upper trunk showing no visible deterioration. Trees should be felled within two years of death in order to retain the value of their timber.