Our Most Recent Search In the TESC Forest

Today we found the telltale black rhizomorphs of the pathogenic fungus Armillaria ostoyae growing on a long dead snag, just off of the organic farm trail.

We also found several trees that have fallen due to fungal infection. In a healthy tree there would be a root disk present, with the tree having fallen with most of its roots mostly intact. In the case of these infected trees the roots are damaged by the fungus and they all snapped off, with many of the roots separate from the log and still jutting out of the ground.

Here is a plaque that was dedicated to an opening in the forest canopy, next to the organic farm trail. Its dedicated to a large laminated root rot infection within that part of the forest.